World League

Winthont Arena
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kepa Kello got the match started through his kick off. Junior Virtanen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gert Jan van Westerop in the 4th minute of the match. Mathijs Grommers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Junior Virtanen having to interfere. After 13 minutes Winthont FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Kaapro Hietaharju who took care of the corner kick. Junior Virtanen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascal Zalm in the 14th minute of play. The supporters of Winthont FC booed when Dark Sons of Omar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jukka Laakso didn't get a good kick on the ball. Junior Virtanen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gert Jan van Westerop in the 19th minute of the match. Mathijs Grommers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Junior Virtanen having to interfere. Dennis Beerthuis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kepa Kello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Reino Piekkanen hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. When Mathijs Grommers came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Winthont FC 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 Mathijs Grommers couldn't finish the play. Dark Sons of Omar's Junior Virtanen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Dark Sons of Omar from getting a goal against them. Junior Virtanen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gert Jan van Westerop in the 34th minute of play. 36 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dark Sons of Omar's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Werner Hoving was slow to take the kick. During this time Winthont FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Winthont FC's corner Gert Jan van Westerop fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Junior Virtanen quite easily take care of the ball. After 36 minutes, Gert Jan van Westerop made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Dark Sons of Omar's Junior Virtanen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Junior Virtanen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascal Zalm in the 46th minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mathijs Grommers to make the kick off. Junior Virtanen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mathijs Grommers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 54 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kaapro Hietaharju came free, but Dennis Beerthuis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Winthont FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Rappo Rapado hit a great ball. The Winthont FC fans' excitement grew in the 58th match minute when Winthont FC's Mathijs Grommers looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Junior Virtanen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gert Jan van Westerop in the 61st minute of the match. Junior Virtanen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mathijs Grommers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 62 minutes, Mathijs Grommers made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Dark Sons of Omar's Junior Virtanen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Junior Virtanen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gert Jan van Westerop in the 69th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kim Timoska got free with Dennis Beerthuis in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Dark Sons of Omar's Liu Yang Guo got a free kick in the 77th minute. The supporters of Winthont FC booed when Dark Sons of Omar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antto Kuhta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kepa Kello let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 82nd minute shot 3-1 at rihgt post. Mathijs Grommers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Junior Virtanen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Dark Sons of Omar's Kim Timoska slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dennis Beerthuis. That made the score 3-2 after 95 minutes of play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Winthont FC had won after a very even match.