World League

ARENA
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when 史挺南 took the kick off in the first half of the match. Faizal Mathews recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's attentive Gabriel Chai managed to snatch the ball when Aníbal Moura made a throw-in in the 6th minute of the game. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Sait Gündeş proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 12th minute of the match, managed to save 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 from getting a goal against them. A collision led to 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Faizal Mathews hit a great ball. Sait Gündeş took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvério Pinheiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 史挺南 in the 23rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Sait Gündeş, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. When Faizal Mathews came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 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 Faizal Mathews couldn't finish the play. 30 minutes into the game, Ryan Politiek was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave GRÊMIO the free kick. After 30 played minutes 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by Ryan Politiek. In the 32nd minute of the match, 史挺南 tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Sait Gündeş saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After a rather tough play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Ong Sum got a free kick in the 41st minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Faizal Mathews made a kick off. Silvério Pinheiro hit a great freekick 51 minutes into the match. After 54 played minutes 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by Mark Hock. After some careless play in the 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 defense, Silvério Pinheiro kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sait Gündeş. The 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sait Gündeş should have stopped the shot. Sait Gündeş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Gustavo Mazza, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Sait Gündeş didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luiz Gustavo Mazza went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Dariusz Wielopolski managed to get in a good position for a shot. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's supporters rose to their feet, but Dariusz Wielopolski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sergio Goicoechea breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Sait Gündeş played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Gustavo Mazza in the 81st minute of play. Sait Gündeş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Gustavo Mazza in the 89th minute of the match. Sait Gündeş showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 史挺南 in the 89th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Ong Siang got a free kick in the 89th minute. After 90 played minutes 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 got a freekick which was hit by Gabriel Chai. A collision led to 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Gabriel Chai hit a great ball. When the referee ended the match the GRÊMIO players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.