World League

Morena Garden
Spectators: 7734 (Terracing: 5802, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 肖康亮 started the match with the kick off. Dražen Ladić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sören Goethals in the 4th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bennvar Nickler in the 9th minute of play forced AC Morena's goalkeeper Dražen Ladić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aquiles Gana blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lech Urban having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aquiles Gana got free with Lech Urban in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 12th minute Sören Goethals shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dražen Ladić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Sören Goethals's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dražen Ladić was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Dražen Ladić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bennvar Nickler in the 13th minute of play. Aquiles Gana could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Lech Urban made a huge save. Aquiles Ganas short, quick shot in the 15thth minute got Lech Urban to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Dražen Ladić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bennvar Nickler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bennvar Nickler in the 19th minute of play forced AC Morena's goalkeeper Dražen Ladić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Louie Mulford kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. 24 minutes into the match, AC Morena's goal looked a bit too open when 肖康亮 came free, but Dražen Ladić reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Louie Mulford made in the 27th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Alfred Orling immediately put the ball in play. Aquiles Gana's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lech Urban read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 30th minute of play. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Team Pogba's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jerzy Piwowarski was slow to take the kick. During this time AC Morena's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Álvaro Fonseca got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lech Urban quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Dražen Ladić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bennvar Nickler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Team Pogba getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Louie Mulford hit a great ball. Lech Urban made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Bogdan Mangúrov sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bennvar Nickler in the 43rd minute of play forced AC Morena's goalkeeper Dražen Ladić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aquiles Gana was the one to do the kick off. The supporters of AC Morena booed when Team Pogba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Piers Giles didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dražen Ladić made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when 肖康亮 sent off a good shot on target. Dražen Ladić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bennvar Nickler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When 肖康亮 came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Team Pogba 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 肖康亮 couldn't finish the play. Team Pogba's Sander Roeles was substituted for Alfred Orling. Team Pogba's Andre Ridgeway was substituted for Louie Mulford. Sören Goethals made in the 74th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Andre Ridgeway immediately put the ball in play. After 76 played minutes AC Morena got a freekick which was hit by Bálint Szabó. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Máximo Čapo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Team Pogba's supporters rose to their feet, but Máximo Čapo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dražen Ladić breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lech Urban made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aquiles Gana in the 82nd minute of play. AC Morena were awarded a corner in the 84th minute after Team Pogba's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jerzy Piwowarski took the corner. AC Morena's Jerzy Piwowarski was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Lech Urban in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 85 minutes into the match, AC Morena's goal looked a bit too open when Bennvar Nickler came free, but Dražen Ladić reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Team Pogba's Lech Urban played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aquiles Gana in the 86th minute of play. Sander Roeles received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Dražen Ladić came out and tried to block the shot, but Sander Roeles slotted it home off the left post making it 0-1 in the 90th minute. Team Pogba played a much better game than AC Morena and deserved their victory. The AC Morena players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.