World League

Europe Stadium
Spectators: 9364 (Terracing: 7025, Seating: 2153, VIP seats: 186) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Seyfettin Onursoy started the match with the kick off. 8 minutes into the match, Parque Europa FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tytus Orling came free, but Luis Täger reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Froilan Reyes in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg David Abad saved Chinese CJ Youth Academy from getting behind. Seyfettin Onursoy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luis Täger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tytus Orling in the 22nd minute of play. Froilan Reyes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without David Abad having to make a save. Thanks to some nice moves Saul Gomesano could shoot a difficult shot in the 27th minute, which David Abad however easily saved by the left post. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Saul Gomesano 27 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. If Tytus Orling had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luis Täger showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tytus Orling, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. 44 minutes into the game, Froilan Reyes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. David Abad was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 48 minutes Parque Europa FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cui Peng Sen who took care of the corner kick. Long Xiang Yuan made a great header on Chinese CJ Youth Academy's corner, it was just that Parque Europa FC's Luis Täger managed to reach the ball for a save. 49 minutes into the game, Long Xiang Yuan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Luis Täger was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Froilan Reyes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Froilan Reyes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Abad was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Seyfettin Onursoy put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Luis Täger. Parque Europa FC made a substitution. Lionel-Andrés Messi replaced Saul Gomesano. Parque Europa FC made a substitution. Rogelio Mendiola replaced Atahan Balyemez. Luis Täger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tytus Orling in the 74th minute of the match. David Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 76th minute of play. Luis Täger showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tytus Orling, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 78th minute of the match Chinese CJ Youth Academy got a corner. Parque Europa FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cui Peng Sen ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Cui Peng Sen to fire away a dangerous shot which Luis Täger despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 79th minute of play. David Abad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After 82 minutes of play, Parque Europa FC's Lionel-Andrés Messi made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. David Abad was left in no man's land by his defense there! Seyfettin Onursoys short, quick shot in the 86thth minute got Luis Täger to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 88th minute Seyfettin Onursoy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Täger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luis Täger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Seyfettin Onursoy in the 88th minute of play. David Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Coronel Castro in the 89th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Coronel Castro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but David Abad was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Coronel Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew the final whistle, Parque Europa FC could leave the field as winners, despite Chinese CJ Youth Academy having more of the ball for most of the match.