World League

武汉卓刀泉虎泉公园球场
Spectators: 7742 (Terracing: 5808, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) Gino Galante made the kick off and thus started the match. After 3 played minutes The Owls got a freekick which was hit by A.J. Bufi. Jan-Åke Emander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Quaresma, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jan-Åke Emander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Quaresma, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 13 played minutes The Owls got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Furdui. 21 minutes into the match, The Owls's goalkeeper Jan-Åke Emander had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nick Stark. In the 22nd match minute, ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ricardo Quaresma to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 defense, Gino Galante kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 洪斌鹏. The ≮王者归来≯湖北经管学院 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 洪斌鹏 should have stopped the shot. If William Creemers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Corneliu Fox made in the 36th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Gino Galante. The Owls's Jan-Åke Emander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nick Stark in the 38th minute of play. After taking down the ball on The Owls's corner William Creemers fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and 洪斌鹏 quite easily take care of the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nick Stark was the one to do the kick off. The Owls's Jan-Åke Emander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nick Stark in the 67th minute of play. When Gino Galante came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the The Owls 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 Gino Galante couldn't finish the play. In the 78th play minute Gino Galante came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised 洪斌鹏. 0-2. A.J. Bufi made in the 85th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ubarna Harroyo however managed to control. 洪斌鹏 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ubarna Harroyo in the 87th minute of play. Jan-Åke Emander showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 顾泉然, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. The Owls's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.