League

Colosseum
Spectators: 10811 (Terracing: 8110, Seating: 2486, VIP seats: 215) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mateusz Filipowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Wit Beton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. FC NATIONAL's Elvis Ducke proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 5th minute of the match, managed to save FC NATIONAL from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Ladislao Harriet's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elvis Ducke was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. With a little luck, FC NATIONAL's Elvis Ducke got control of the ball when Ladislao Harriet tried to sneak it across the goal line. Empire of Soccer's Uriel Malvin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateusz Filipowski in the 11th minute of play. FC NATIONAL were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after Empire of Soccer's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Radomil Kapera took the corner. Lakis Kolovos made a great header on FC NATIONAL's corner, it was just that Empire of Soccer's Uriel Malvin managed to reach the ball for a save. Santos Abajas was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 13 minutes into the match. Intriago Migolla, 15 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. If Lakis Kolovos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Wit Beton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 23 minutes of play, Empire of Soccer's Wit Beton made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elvis Ducke was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ilmar Pregel hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute, Empire of Soccer's Ladislao Harriet dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Elvis Ducke made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Ladislao Harriet sent off a good shot on target. In the 34th minute, Ladislao Harriet got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ladislao Harriet blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Elvis Ducke having to make a save. 40 minutes into the match, Ladislao Harriet dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Elvis Ducke, 3-0. In the 43rd minute, Mateusz Filipowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 48th minute, FC NATIONAL's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ladislao Harriet fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ladislao Harriet was the one to do the kick off. Radomil Kapera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wit Beton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elvis Ducke having to interfere. After 60 minutes FC NATIONAL's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gerson Cruzado who took care of the corner kick. In the 67th minute, Ladislao Harriet ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Elvis Ducke was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. When Ladislao Harriet came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Empire of Soccer fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ladislao Harriet couldn't finish the play. After having played for 74 minutes, Timmy Sandberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Empire of Soccer's supporters crossed their fingers, but Timmy Sandberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, FC NATIONAL's Octavian Popescu got a free kick in the 76th minute. In the 78th minute, Timmy Sandberg left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Empire of Soccer fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. 81 minutes into the match, Ladislao Harriet notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of FC NATIONAL's Elvis Ducke. Elvis Ducke was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Ladislao Harriet had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Elvis Ducke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerson Cruzado in the 86th minute of the match. 88 minutes into the match, Ladislao Harriet notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of FC NATIONAL's Elvis Ducke. Elvis Ducke was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to FC NATIONAL getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Marios Siannas hit a great ball. Elvis Ducke showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ladislao Harriet in the 96th minute of the match. 97 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC NATIONAL's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gerson Cruzado was slow to take the kick. During this time Empire of Soccer's players had a chance to rest.