World League

梅州宪梓体育场
Spectators: 7848 (Terracing: 5888, Seating: 1804, VIP seats: 156) In the 3rd minute, 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's 刘磊强 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Stefanos Salepis. Stefanos Salepis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 5th minute, Daniil Bonoris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 9 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goalkeeper Stefanos Salepis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 刘磊强. A collision led to Mean Machine getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Daniil Bonoris hit a great ball. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mean Machine's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 倪卫文 was slow to take the kick. During this time 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's players had a chance to rest. 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's 方云朋 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nedim Emekli in the 14th minute of play. With a little luck, Mean Machine's Stefanos Salepis got control of the ball when 刘磊强 tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 21st minute, 刘磊强 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. 方云朋 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miltos Makris, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. 刘磊强's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stefanos Salepis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. When 刘磊强 came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒 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 刘磊强 couldn't finish the play. In the 30th minute, Daniil Bonoris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 方云朋 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carles Pujol in the 32nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Makris in the 34th minute of play forced 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's goalkeeper 方云朋 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stefanos Salepis made an important save on a dangerous shot by 刘磊强 in the 35th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when 刘磊强 got free with Stefanos Salepis in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 方云朋 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miltos Makris in the 40th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedim Emekli in the 47th minute of play forced 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's goalkeeper 方云朋 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell 刘磊强 to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute 刘磊强 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Salepis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 54 minutes into the match, 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's goal looked a bit too open when Miltos Makris came free, but 方云朋 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 55 played minutes 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒 got a freekick which was hit by 倪卫文. Carles Pujol could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but 方云朋 made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Makris in the 62nd minute of play forced 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's goalkeeper 方云朋 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 方云朋 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nedim Emekli in the 64th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nedim Emekli in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck 方云朋 prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Through an outstanding action, after 68 minutes, 方云朋 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After some careless play in the Mean Machine defense, 刘磊强 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stefanos Salepis. The Mean Machine fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stefanos Salepis should have stopped the shot. Mean Machine's Nikos Kioupouroglou was substituted for Miltos Makris. 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's Remo Gerber was substituted for 刘磊强. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedim Emekli in the 78th minute of play forced 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒's goalkeeper 方云朋 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Remo Gerber came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒 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 Remo Gerber couldn't finish the play. Remo Gerber recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 方云朋 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nedim Emekli's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. 【粤】誰嶼爭鋒 were victorious despite being under pressure from Mean Machine for much of the match.