World League

The Goat House
Spectators: 8504 (Terracing: 6378, Seating: 1956, VIP seats: 170) Blue Mountain State's Karol Panasewicz 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. Robin Sharma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timmy Henriksson in the 7th minute of play. In the 8th match minute, Samurai was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alto Wing to maneuver through the defense. Afşar Uçuk struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Vince Di Cola didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Blue Mountain State. 14 minutes into the match, Karol Panasewicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vince Di Cola. Samurai's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Karol Panasewicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Samurai's Vince Di Cola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karol Panasewicz in the 18th minute of play. Morgan Vassenius kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Karol Panasewicz might have been able to make a better finish in the 25th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vince Di Cola. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Karol Panasewicz ran back to his position shaking his head. Samurai's Vince Di Cola proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Samurai from getting a goal against them. Blue Mountain State's Turgut Şimşek managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Morgan Vassenius in the 26 minute of the game. 27 minutes into the match, Samurai's goalkeeper Vince Di Cola had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Karol Panasewicz. Robin Sharma made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timmy Henriksson in the 29th minute of play. Robin Sharma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wu Qi in the 32nd minute of the match. Blue Mountain State were awarded a corner in the 36th minute after Samurai's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Afşar Uçuk took the corner. Blue Mountain State's Epigonoi Honjas was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Vince Di Cola in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Robin Sharma took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Timmy Henriksson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rd minute of the match, Tang Yang Le tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Vince Di Cola saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 44th minute Allan Bivall shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robin Sharma saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Vince Di Cola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karol Panasewicz in the 53rd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wu Qi got free with Robin Sharma in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vince Di Cola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afşar Uçuk in the 60th minute of play. In the 62nd match minute, Samurai was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hernán Grana to maneuver through the defense. Samurai made a substitution. Åke Hamnberg replaced Hernán Grana. Blue Mountain State made a substitution. Lionel-Andrés Messi replaced Karol Panasewicz. After 63 played minutes Samurai got a freekick which was hit by Hernán Grana. After 70 played minutes Wu Qi rounded Blue Mountain State's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. Lionel-Andrés Messi took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vince Di Cola. Vince Di Cola dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alto Wing during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Alto Wing hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. Lionel-Andrés Messi took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vince Di Cola. Vince Di Cola dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. After 92 minutes of play, Samurai's Wu Qi made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robin Sharma was left in no man's land by his defense there!