World League

Lipny Stadion
Spectators: 8010 (Terracing: 6009, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cai Yuan Yuan took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Lipa KS getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Oberst-Wilhelm Ström-Lundvall hit a great ball. After having played for 6 minutes, Attilio Di Loreto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lipa KS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Attilio Di Loreto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 10 minutes into the match, Lipa KS's goal looked a bit too open when Aras Görkem Kaymaz came free, but Di Han Guo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lipa KS's Di Han Guo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cai Yuan Yuan in the 11th minute of play. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lipa KS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aras Görkem Kaymaz was slow to take the kick. During this time MZ Fénix's players had a chance to rest. MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Slawomir Rutkowski in the 15th minute of play. In the 17th minute, Cai Yuan Yuan got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Pankracy Zajonc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Attilio Di Loreto in the 22nd minute of play. Cai Yuan Yuan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Di Han Guo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. After 28 minutes MZ Fénix's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Arkadiusz Juszkowski who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Lipa KS's corner Arkadiusz Juszkowski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pankracy Zajonc quite easily take care of the ball. 30 minutes into the match, Lipa KS's goal looked a bit too open when Cai Yuan Yuan came free, but Di Han Guo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Di Han Guo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cai Yuan Yuan in the 31st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cai Yuan Yuan in the 32nd minute of play forced Lipa KS's goalkeeper Di Han Guo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Di Han Guo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cai Yuan Yuan in the 34th minute of play. Cai Yuan Yuan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Di Han Guo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 39th minute of play. Di Han Guo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cai Yuan Yuan, 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.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Slawomir Rutkowski in the 52nd minute of play forced MZ Fénix's goalkeeper Pankracy Zajonc to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomasz Waldoch kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Lipa KS's Arkadiusz Juszkowski quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tomasz Waldoch, made in the 63rd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Attilio Di Loreto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pankracy Zajonc was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Cai Yuan Yuan managed to get in a good position for a shot. MZ Fénix's supporters rose to their feet, but Cai Yuan Yuan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Di Han Guo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lipa KS's Gürhan Arkan was substituted for Attilio Di Loreto. MZ Fénix's Alexandre Valido was substituted for Vladimiro Granja. Lipa KS's Daniel Argoitz was substituted for Wladyslaw Niewiadomski. 75 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's goal looked a bit too open when Gürhan Arkan came free, but Pankracy Zajonc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pankracy Zajonc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gürhan Arkan, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 79th minute Cai Yuan Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Di Han Guo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 85 minutes into the game, Gürhan Arkan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Pankracy Zajonc was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Zygmunt Dobilas hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. The supporters of Lipa KS booed when MZ Fénix was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Florin Dragușin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zula Kiepski hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. MZ Fénix's Florin Dragușin got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ermegildo Izaguirre hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Pankracy Zajonc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiusz Juszkowski in the 97th minute of play. Lipa KS's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.