World League

Duff Stadium
Spectators: 7875 (Terracing: 5907, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 157) Loco Palermo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Lei Bin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Andries De Putter might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Giacomo Casanova. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Andries De Putter ran back to his position shaking his head. Giacomo Casanova showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andries De Putter, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After a rather tough play, AFC United's Fryderyk Maurycy got a free kick in the 12th minute. In the 16th minute of the match, Isaac Fernandez got a very nice opportunity to score, but Giacomo Casanova was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Andries De Putter blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Giacomo Casanova having to make a save. Giacomo Casanova showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andries De Putter, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After a rather tough play, AFC United's Fryderyk Maurycy got a free kick in the 18th minute. Giacomo Casanova was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Andries De Putter showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 21 minute of play. A collision led to AFC United getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Uxio Sobrado hit a great ball. Andries De Putter sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Montesacro FC's Giacomo Casanova played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andries De Putter in the 30th minute of play. Lei Bin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Rossi in the 34th minute of the match. Montesacro FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Juliusz Julien in the 35th minute. In the 39th minute, Andries De Putter 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. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Loco Palermo was the one to do the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andries De Putter in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Giacomo Casanova prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 62nd minute Loco Palermo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lei Bin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Montesacro FC made a substitution. Dimitar Berbatov replaced Loco Palermo. AFC United's attentive Fryderyk Maurycy managed to snatch the ball when Alkinoos Baloukos made a throw-in in the 65th minute of the game. Montesacro FC's Giacomo Casanova played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andries De Putter in the 68th minute of play. AFC United's Lei Bin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitar Berbatov in the 72nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Dimitar Berbatov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lei Bin was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. Giacomo Casanova didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andries De Putter went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. AFC United made a substitution. Bilintx Trilla replaced Uxio Sobrado. AFC United's Faustino Asprilla was substituted for Andries De Putter. Through an outstanding action, after 89 minutes, Lei Bin successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. When AFC United's Faustino Asprilla in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Montesacro FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 93rd minute of the match AFC United got a corner. Montesacro FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jordi Scherz ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to AFC United's Fryderyk Maurycy getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. AFC United were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Montesacro FC for a fine match.