World League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) Illinois Bluewaters's Danilo Maranhense started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Güneş İltemur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 3rd minute Güneş İltemur shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wincent Buczko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Herbert Prokowski kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. In the 15th minute Danilo Maranhense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wincent Buczko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sparta LKS's Wincent Buczko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 冯永宽 in the 27th minute of play. The supporters of Sparta LKS booed when Illinois Bluewaters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Danilo Maranhense didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wincent Buczko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Danilo Maranhense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wincent Buczko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 冯永宽, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 42nd minute of the game Mar Cao made a throw-in which 冯永宽 played forward. After 47 minutes Illinois Bluewaters's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lech Glozor who took care of the corner kick. 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 wind increased when Stanislaw Gargasz made the kick off in the second half. Illinois Bluewaters's Roger Myles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sixten Bokelund in the 51st minute of play. Roger Myles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sixten Bokelund, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Roger Myles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sixten Bokelund in the 58th minute of play. 60 minutes had been played when some careless play by Illinois Bluewaters's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lech Glozor was slow to take the kick. During this time Sparta LKS's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sixten Bokelund in the 64th minute of play forced Illinois Bluewaters's goalkeeper Roger Myles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by Illinois Bluewaters's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Lech Glozor was slow to take the kick. During this time Sparta LKS's players had a chance to rest. In the 66thth minute of the game Stanislaw Gargasz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Illinois Bluewaters's Roger Myles was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kacper Hazard hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Sparta LKS's Kacper Hazard got a free kick in the 70th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Sparta LKS's goal looked a bit too open when 冯永宽 came free, but Wincent Buczko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Tymoteusz Buczko came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Sparta LKS 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 Tymoteusz Buczko couldn't finish the play. Illinois Bluewaters's 高笑广 was substituted for Ward Mason. Roger Myles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tymoteusz Buczko in the 79th minute of the match. Roger Myles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanislaw Gargasz, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 84th minute, 冯永宽 reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Wincent Buczko. The goal made the score 0-1. Sparta LKS's Wincent Buczko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 冯永宽 in the 87th minute of play. Roger Myles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislaw Gargasz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Illinois Bluewaters's Sal Jarrell was substituted for Şeray Gürgen. After a rather tough play, Sparta LKS's Herbert Prokowski got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Roger Myles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stanislaw Gargasz in the 94th minute of play. The Sparta LKS fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Illinois Bluewaters were clearly better and deserved to take the win.