World League

小沛之城
Spectators: 7724 (Terracing: 5794, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when 洪强宽 made the kick off which started today's match. Antoni Dawiec stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nedim Emekli's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. After 6 minutes 沛水龙城's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nikos Stasinos who took care of the corner kick. In the 11th minute, Miltos Makris left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mean Machine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Menios Chloros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mbaka Mbolu in the 14th minute of the match. Antoni Dawiec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miltos Makris in the 19th minute of the match. After 21 played minutes 沛水龙城 got a freekick which was hit by 胡凡竞. 沛水龙城's Antoni Dawiec played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carles Pujol in the 25th minute of play. 30 minutes into the match, 沛水龙城's goal looked a bit too open when Miltos Makris came free, but Antoni Dawiec reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Antoni Dawiec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nedim Emekli in the 34th minute of the match. In the 37th minute, 马军岚 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. 40 minutes into the game, Mean Machine's Nedim Emekli nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Antoni Dawiec made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. 45 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Mbaka Mbolu came free, but Menios Chloros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th match minute, 沛水龙城 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mbaka Mbolu to maneuver through the defense. Antoni Dawiec showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carles Pujol, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Nedim Emekli made the kick off in the second half. Carles Pujol came free with the goalkeeper in the 55th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Antoni Dawiec could save by the left post. In the 59th minute Miltos Makris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antoni Dawiec saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Menios Chloros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mbaka Mbolu in the 61st minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Mbaka Mbolu notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Mean Machine's Menios Chloros. Menios Chloros was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mean Machine made a substitution. Nikos Kioupouroglou replaced Miltos Makris. The throw-in from Nikos Kioupouroglou in the 69th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by 沛水龙城's 胡凡竞. 82 minutes into the game, 胡凡竞 threw the ball into play from the sideline. Mean Machine's Agnaldo Braga quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Mean Machine's Menios Chloros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 马军岚 in the 84th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 洪强宽 in the 86th minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Menios Chloros didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from 洪强宽 went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.