World League

东方远大队
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when 李昂枫 made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in 东方远大队's zone, Azam Tan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gervasio Estefan came out of the goal and Azam Tan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gervasio Estefan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 胡浩岩, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. A collision led to Nagrand getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. 胡浩岩 hit a great ball. 李昂枫 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Wilhelm Falkrantz made a huge save. The referee felt a red card was in order, 16 minutes into the game, when 赵然青 put in a rough tackle. After 16 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for 东方远大队! 王桦正 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Wilhelm Falkrantz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 李昂枫 in the 24th minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, 东方远大队's goal looked a bit too open when 王桦正 came free, but Gervasio Estefan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Mathews in the 27th minute of play forced 东方远大队's goalkeeper Gervasio Estefan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gervasio Estefan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 胡浩岩, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute 李昂枫 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilhelm Falkrantz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 李昂枫 kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. 东方远大队's Gervasio Estefan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Ramachandran in the 34th minute of play. Nagrand's Adam Ramachandran got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 36th minute, 王桦正 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nagrand fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Gervasio Estefan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Mathews in the 39th minute of play. Gabriel Mathews scored 0-3 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gervasio Estefan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 东方远大队's Gervasio Estefan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 胡浩岩 in the 47th minute of play. In the 47th minute, Azam Tan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 钱亮诚, 48 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal.

After some careless play in the 东方远大队 defense, Adam Ramachandran kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gervasio Estefan. The 东方远大队 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gervasio Estefan should have stopped the shot. In the 56th minute of the match, Gabriel Mathews tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gervasio Estefan saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Gervasio Estefan was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but 胡浩岩 showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 57 minute of play. 东方远大队's Gervasio Estefan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save 东方远大队 from getting a goal against them. Gabriel Mathews could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Gervasio Estefan made a huge save. Gervasio Estefan made an important save on a dangerous shot by 王桦正 in the 65th minute. In the 67th minute, Nagrand's 胡浩岩 ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gervasio Estefan. Gervasio Estefan yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-6. In a very dangerous position, a player in 东方远大队 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 71st minute. Penalty! Gervasio Estefan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adam Ramachandran in the 76th minute. 东方远大队's Gervasio Estefan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save 东方远大队 from getting a goal against them. 82 minutes into the game, Nagrand's 王桦正 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Gervasio Estefan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. 东方远大队's 魏阳夕 was substituted for 黄明峰. 东方远大队 made a substitution. 苏骏凌 replaced 李昂枫. Gervasio Estefan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ron Laycock in the 87th minute of play. Gabriel Mathews received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Gervasio Estefan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Azly Hsi's late challenge caught a 东方远大队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Azly Hsi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of 东方远大队 booed when Nagrand was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Azly Hsi didn't get a good kick on the ball. 魏阳夕 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Nagrand getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Azly Hsi hit a great ball. Nagrand's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.