World League

Wuhan City
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Lech Max's Otsoko Balmaceda started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 16th minute Orlando Orlando shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gwidon Dubilas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Otsoko Balmaceda managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lech Max's supporters rose to their feet, but Otsoko Balmaceda was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Inocencio Felipo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Lech Max's Nestor Rogel got a free kick in the 28th minute. Gwidon Dubilas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orlando Orlando, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. 35 minutes into the match, Otsoko Balmaceda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Inocencio Felipo. One Piece FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Otsoko Balmaceda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 39th minute, Nestor Rogel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fortunato Vino kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Orlando Eneche recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Lech Max's Fortunato Vino got a free kick in the 43rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Eneche in the 44th minute of play forced Lech Max's goalkeeper Gwidon Dubilas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th match minute, Lech Max was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ralph Dolby to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Orlando Orlando stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orlando Orlando in the 54th minute of play forced Lech Max's goalkeeper Gwidon Dubilas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 59 minutes, Kapaneus Panayiotopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lech Max's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kapaneus Panayiotopoulos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. One Piece FC's attentive Arano Murguiondo managed to snatch the ball when Ralph Dolby made a throw-in in the 60th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kapaneus Panayiotopoulos got free with Inocencio Felipo in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sebastian Skaradowski hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Ralph Dolby made in the 72nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by One Piece FC's Arano Murguiondo. Lech Max's Gwidon Dubilas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orlando Orlando in the 73rd minute of play. Orlando Orlando sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 76 minutes into the match, Lech Max's goal looked a bit too open when Orlando Orlando came free, but Gwidon Dubilas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Lech Max's Fortunato Vino seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Fortunato Vino the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Lech Max protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Fortunato Vino had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 83rd match minute, Lech Max was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fortunato Vino to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute, Konstanty Zielinski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. One Piece FC's Inocencio Felipo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save One Piece FC from getting a goal against them. After 93 played minutes One Piece FC got a freekick which was hit by Selçuk Demirtaş. It was beautiful to see Lech Max's Konstanty Zielinski in action when he in the 94th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance!