World League

Стадион Вежен
Spectators: 8107 (Terracing: 6082, Seating: 1864, VIP seats: 161) After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Yu Jian Tian managed to get in a good position for a shot. E➣ PINCHARRATA's supporters rose to their feet, but Yu Jian Tian was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Van Halen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 9th minute, Judas Vergas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sami Khedira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Van Halen having to interfere. 17 minutes in the game Tencho Spahiyski did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Dylan Van Bever. In the 18th minute, Yu Jian Tian ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Van Halen was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 22 minutes into the game, Yu Jian Tian cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Van Halen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yu Jian Tian in the 35th minute of play forced Вежен's goalkeeper Van Halen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sami Khedira in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Van Halen saved Вежен from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Sami Khedira put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Van Halen. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dylan Van Bever stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. E➣ PINCHARRATA's attentive Judas Vergas managed to snatch the ball when Martyn Efremov made a throw-in in the 54th minute of the game. Stef Vallejos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gökçek Teksen in the 55th minute of play. Gökçek Teksen took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stef Vallejos. Stef Vallejos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. E➣ PINCHARRATA's Corvin Maier quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Tencho Spahiyski, made in the 59th minute of the game. E➣ PINCHARRATA made a substitution. Pedrinho Fahlmann replaced Yu Jian Tian. Van Halen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesar Quinto in the 64th minute of the match. Van Halen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Pedrinho Fahlmann's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. After 66 played minutes Вежен got a freekick which was hit by Dylan Van Bever. Pedrinho Fahlmann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Van Halen made a huge save. The corner led E➣ PINCHARRATA's Cesar Quinto to fire away a dangerous shot which Van Halen despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dylan Van Bever in the 71st minute of play forced E➣ PINCHARRATA's goalkeeper Stef Vallejos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. E➣ PINCHARRATA's attentive Serafino Oskitz managed to snatch the ball when Christiaan Enskens made a throw-in in the 73rd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Elin Kechedzhiev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stef Vallejos was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. 79 minutes had been played when some careless play by E➣ PINCHARRATA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Martyn Efremov was slow to take the kick. During this time Вежен's players had a chance to rest. If Pedrinho Fahlmann had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Van Halen made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Pedrinho Fahlmann sent off a good shot on target. E➣ PINCHARRATA's Pedrinho Fahlmann managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Christiaan Enskens in the 82 minute of the game. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind Вежен's goalkeeper Van Halen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 93rd minute Dylan Van Bever shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stef Vallejos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match was over E➣ PINCHARRATA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Вежен throughout the match.