World League

Asterix&ObelixArena
Spectators: 7696 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Astreix&ObelixSoccer's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sune Åkesson was slow to take the kick. During this time TEATRomaniacy's players had a chance to rest. Marian Kornatowski was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Yiğit Pekiner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sacha Lilley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Peng Qi Chong sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. TEATRomaniacy's Yiğit Pekiner proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save TEATRomaniacy from getting a goal against them. Yiğit Pekiner was a little too slow when Peng Qi Chong got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 12th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 14th minute, Peng Qi Chong left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Astreix&ObelixSoccer fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Astreix&ObelixSoccer's Rodney Staple quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Antoni Kaczorowski, made in the 18th minute of the game. With an all-out effort, Astreix&ObelixSoccer's Yiğit Pekiner threw himself towards the right post 19 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sacha Lilley, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Astreix&ObelixSoccer's goalkeeper Martyon Diehl, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 23 minutes Astreix&ObelixSoccer's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Sune Åkesson who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on TEATRomaniacy's corner Antoni Kaczorowski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Martyon Diehl quite easily take care of the ball. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind TEATRomaniacy's goalkeeper Yiğit Pekiner, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Yiğit Pekiner was a little too slow when Peng Qi Chong got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 26th minute. The score was now 3-0. Yiğit Pekiner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sacha Lilley in the 33rd minute of play. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by TEATRomaniacy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sacha Lilley was slow to take the kick. During this time Astreix&ObelixSoccer's players had a chance to rest. Rafal Wrzosek kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Marian Kornatowski charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marian Kornatowski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Astreix&ObelixSoccer booed when TEATRomaniacy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marian Kornatowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fernandez Pizaño to make the kick off. Yiğit Pekiner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peng Qi Chong in the 53rd minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Fernandez Pizaño had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Martyon Diehl. Astreix&ObelixSoccer's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fernandez Pizaño was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Astreix&ObelixSoccer's 韩克兴 was substituted for Quentin Hart. Lucjan Dulemba hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. The supporters of Astreix&ObelixSoccer booed when TEATRomaniacy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucjan Dulemba didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yiğit Pekiner didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Peng Qi Chong went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. A sloppy throw-in by Rodney Staple in the 70th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by TEATRomaniacy's Antoni Kaczorowski. The referee felt a red card was in order, 72 minutes into the game, when Karol Liermann put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in TEATRomaniacy fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 72nd minute. Penalty! Yiğit Pekiner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marek Brayford in the 77th minute of the match. Yiğit Pekiner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank McLintock, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Yiğit Pekiner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Frank McLintock, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sacha Lilley struck a weak shot in the 88th minute. Yiğit Pekiner didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Astreix&ObelixSoccer. After 94 minutes of play, TEATRomaniacy's Christos Vournas made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Martyon Diehl was left in no man's land by his defense there! Astreix&ObelixSoccer's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.