World League

El Templo del Dolor
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Aniol Peña started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 15 minutes into the game, JEMBer UTara's Aniol Peña nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bogdan Samokovliyski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 22nd minute, Cheng Le Xing ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cheng Hao Wei was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In the 25th minute Aniol Peña shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Samokovliyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cheng Hao Wei made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Cheng Le Xing sent off a good shot on target. After 34 minutes of play, JEMBer UTara's Aniol Peña made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bogdan Samokovliyski was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 36th minute, Aniol Peña 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Pakorro AFC's Cheng Le Xing slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Cheng Hao Wei. That made the score 4-3 after 43 minutes of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cheng Le Xing to make the kick off. 55 minutes into the game, Pakorro AFC's Cheng Le Xing nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cheng Hao Wei made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-3. After a rather tough play, Pakorro AFC's Gaston Ávila got a free kick in the 57th minute. Pakorro AFC's Jaap Stam quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Mastur Bassi, made in the 59th minute of the game. 63 minutes into the match, JEMBer UTara's goal looked a bit too open when Cheng Le Xing came free, but Cheng Hao Wei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rafet Nesip in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bogdan Samokovliyski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pakorro AFC's Tiger Murillo was substituted for Samuel Walter. The corner ended in Cai Jun Wei almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pakorro AFC's Bogdan Samokovliyski did a great save. JEMBer UTara's Cheng Hao Wei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Astor Giampietro in the 73rd minute of play. 79 minutes had been played when some careless play by JEMBer UTara's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aşır Satılmış was slow to take the kick. During this time Pakorro AFC's players had a chance to rest. JEMBer UTara's İlyas Seçkiner managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Eloy Soto in the 80 minute of the game. With a little luck, Pakorro AFC's Bogdan Samokovliyski got control of the ball when Lucas Eger tried to sneak it across the goal line. JEMBer UTara were awarded a corner in the 87th minute after Pakorro AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cai Jun Wei took the corner. A well done corner resulted in İlyas Seçkiner drilling the ball in to score 5-4 behind Pakorro AFC's goalkeeper. Sonny Hidayat received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Bogdan Samokovliyski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rolly Salisbury hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. JEMBer UTara's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.