World League

The Zone
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cheng Le Xing started the match with the kick off. Ovidiu Poenaru's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, Bogdan Samokovliyski skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Pakorro AFC's Bogdan Samokovliyski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthieu Richardot in the 10th minute of play. In the 12th minute, Cheng Le Xing ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gerold Zollt was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 16th minute, Cheng Le Xing made a precise shot to the right of Gerold Zollt. DJK Füchtel Vechta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Gerold Zollt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cheng Le Xing in the 19th minute of play. In the 21st minute of the match Pakorro AFC got a corner. DJK Füchtel Vechta's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Aşır Satılmış ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Abel Etxatxu heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After 23 minutes, Chris Kursawe mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DJK Füchtel Vechta and the Pakorro AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 23rd match minute, DJK Füchtel Vechta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chris Kursawe to maneuver through the defense. In the 25th minute Ovidiu Poenaru 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. Ovidiu Poenaru could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Bogdan Samokovliyski made a huge save. In the 31stth minute of the game Cheng Le Xing who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but DJK Füchtel Vechta's Gerold Zollt was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gerold Zollt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artun Filiz, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Bogdan Samokovliyski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matthieu Richardot in the 39th minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, Cheng Le Xing notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of DJK Füchtel Vechta's Gerold Zollt. Gerold Zollt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The DJK Füchtel Vechta players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Pakorro AFC were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ovidiu Poenaru to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute the ball was on its way in behind DJK Füchtel Vechta's goalkeeper Gerold Zollt, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Bogdan Samokovliyski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ovidiu Poenaru's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. Marcus Terstappen kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, DJK Füchtel Vechta's Marcus Terstappen got a free kick in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aşır Satılmış in the 86th minute of play forced DJK Füchtel Vechta's goalkeeper Gerold Zollt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Astor Giampietro in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gerold Zollt prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 87thth minute of the game Astor Giampietro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but DJK Füchtel Vechta's Gerold Zollt was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Pakorro AFC's Astor Giampietro in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye DJK Füchtel Vechta's goalie prevented a goal. 96 minutes into the game, Theo Wasmeier was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. DJK Füchtel Vechta's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pakorro AFC the free kick. After a rather tough play, DJK Füchtel Vechta's Theo Wasmeier got a free kick in the 96th minute.