World League

Estadio Piamontesa
Spectators: 7652 (Terracing: 5741, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emilian Zgabei started the match with the kick off. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Herb Good proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Sport Lisboa e Benfica from getting a goal against them. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's attentive Jacinto Vela managed to snatch the ball when Mathias Jakobsson made a throw-in in the 7th minute of the game. Hug Urquiaga's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Herb Good read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th play minute Christian Burgo came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Herb Good. 1-0. Sylwester Wawro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Du Lei Bin, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Herb Good was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Christian Burgo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 22 minute of play. After 25 minutes, Jacinto Vela mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sport Lisboa e Benfica and the Kwyjibo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 25th match minute, Sport Lisboa e Benfica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacinto Vela to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Barış Birsoy got a free kick in the 30th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Sport Lisboa e Benfica's zone, Mathias Jakobsson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Herb Good came out of the goal and Mathias Jakobsson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Kwyjibo's Kyrylo Latenko got a free kick in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hug Urquiaga in the 39th minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Herb Good to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Herb Good made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hug Urquiaga in the 41st minute of play. The supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica booed when Kwyjibo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Etxepare Angostina didn't get a good kick on the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Hug Urquiaga made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, Christian Burgo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Herb Good was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Kwyjibo made a substitution. Gil Vital replaced Kyrylo Latenko. Kwyjibo's 高宇川 was substituted for Hug Urquiaga. In the 58th minute, Gilesindo Guereña hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 61st minute, Christian Burgo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Herb Good was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. 67 minutes into the match, Kwyjibo's goal looked a bit too open when Emilian Zgabei came free, but Sylwester Wawro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Emilian Zgabei managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's supporters rose to their feet, but Emilian Zgabei was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sylwester Wawro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match clock showed 70 minutes, the score became 7-0 when Christian Burgo sped through Sport Lisboa e Benfica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Herb Good. The crowd rose to their feet as Emilian Zgabei kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Sylwester Wawro. That made the score 7-1 in the 73 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Burgo in the 81st minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Herb Good to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 83rdth minute of the game 高宇川 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Herb Good was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Sport Lisboa e Benfica defense, Christian Burgo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Herb Good. The Sport Lisboa e Benfica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Herb Good should have stopped the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christian Burgo in the 93rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Herb Good prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kwyjibo's Christian Burgo got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.