World League

Qingdao Guoxin
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Doru Lițu got the match started through his kick off. The Beatles's Takis Koutsos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 张战昆 in the 4th minute of play. When 张战昆 came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Qingdao Huanghai 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 张战昆 couldn't finish the play. Niculae Ailenei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evert Österlund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute Doru Lițu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niculae Ailenei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when 庄义常 got free with Takis Koutsos in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doru Lițu in the 24th minute of play forced Qingdao Huanghai Fc's goalkeeper Niculae Ailenei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute Doru Lițu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niculae Ailenei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Qingdao Huanghai Fc's Niculae Ailenei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Doru Lițu in the 30th minute of play. Niculae Ailenei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Róbson Simões in the 34th minute of the match. Niculae Ailenei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Róbson Simões, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. 陆震浩 was the one to do the kick off. In the 59th minute, 陆震浩 made a precise shot to the right of Takis Koutsos. The Beatles's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After a rather tough play, Qingdao Huanghai Fc's Li Qian Jing got a free kick in the 61st minute. Niculae Ailenei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Róbson Simões in the 64th minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, The Beatles's goal looked a bit too open when 陆震浩 came free, but Takis Koutsos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute 张战昆 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Takis Koutsos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Takis Koutsos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 陆震浩, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Takis Koutsos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 陆震浩, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 叶益旭 hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. The Beatles's Frederico Messias was substituted for Reinaldo Trancoso. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeca Brodel in the 74th minute of play forced Qingdao Huanghai Fc's goalkeeper Niculae Ailenei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Niculae Ailenei stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Róbson Simões's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. In the 83rd minute 张战昆 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Takis Koutsos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th minute Róbson Simões shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Niculae Ailenei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Qingdao Huanghai Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Zeca Brodel came free, but Niculae Ailenei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 93 minutes of play, The Beatles's Zeca Brodel made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Niculae Ailenei was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Beatles made a substitution. Gabriel Varela replaced Arthur Simão. The Qingdao Huanghai Fc fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. The Beatles were clearly better and deserved to take the win.