World League

Stadium SK Mons
Spectators: 7565 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Steven Puttemans made the kick off which started today's match. Steven Puttemans could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Lionel 柯景义 made a huge save. 8 minutes into the match, Steven Puttemans had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lionel 柯景义. Brasiliense FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Steven Puttemans was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Connor Osmond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhu Xiao Yang in the 10th minute of play. When Walmyr Falcão fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Brasiliense FC's protests and gave Walmyr Falcão a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Brasiliense FC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Walmyr Falcão hit a great ball. Connor Osmond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhu Xiao Yang in the 13th minute of play. Connor Osmond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhu Xiao Yang in the 15th minute of the match. When Clemente de Medeiros fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Brasiliense FC's protests and gave Clemente de Medeiros a yellow card for diving instead. 19 minutes into the match, SK Mons's Bogumil Czapski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lionel 柯景义 narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 22nd minute Zhu Xiao Yang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Connor Osmond saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Brasiliense FC's Lionel 柯景义 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Brasiliense FC from getting a goal against them. Brasiliense FC's Lionel 柯景义 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Brasiliense FC from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Brasiliense FC's Lionel 柯景义 got control of the ball when Steven Puttemans tried to sneak it across the goal line. Connor Osmond didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zhu Xiao Yang went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Connor Osmond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afiz Phua in the 39th minute of play. Afiz Phua scored 1-2 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Connor Osmond, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of SK Mons booed when Brasiliense FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikita Evzerihin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th minute of the match Christoph Van den Berch shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lionel 柯景义 showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 47 minutes Brasiliense FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Christoph Van den Berch who took care of the corner kick. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zhu Xiao Yang to make the kick off. The supporters of Brasiliense FC booed when SK Mons was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chen Hai Zhi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Connor Osmond was a little too slow when Alfredinho de Barros got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 54th minute. The score was now 1-3. After a rather tough play, Brasiliense FC's Zhu Xiao Yang got a free kick in the 56th minute. In the 58th minute, Zhu Xiao Yang left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Brasiliense FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. SK Mons's Leif Olofsson was substituted for Nick Daniels. A collision led to Brasiliense FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Clemente de Medeiros hit a great ball. Connor Osmond was out of position in the 74 minute of play, and Afiz Phua capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Afiz Phua really showed his touch with that goal: 2-5. Connor Osmond showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhu Xiao Yang, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 78th minute, Afiz Phua reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Connor Osmond. The goal made the score 2-6. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Afiz Phua put it in 2-7 from a short distance just to the right of Connor Osmond. Pedrão Severos short, quick shot in the 86thth minute got Connor Osmond to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 88th minute Afiz Phua shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Connor Osmond saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfredinho de Barros in the 90th minute of play forced SK Mons's goalkeeper Connor Osmond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Connor Osmond made an important save on a dangerous shot by Afiz Phua in the 92nd minute. The SK Mons fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Brasiliense FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.