World League

Crystal Arena
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) In the 3rd minute of the match, Carlos-Armando Valderrama got a very nice opportunity to score, but Tobias Glöden was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Xu Liang in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcos Lama prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Arne Rott sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marcos Lama stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xu Liang's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. 16 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when FC Toho's Xu Liang fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. FC Toho's Tobias Glöden played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erik Persson in the 19th minute of play. Veth Crystals were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after FC Toho's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Song Xing took the corner. The corner ended in Song Xing almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Toho's Tobias Glöden did a great save. Tobias Glöden made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gwidon Patora in the 31st minute of play. In the 39th minute Ali Tumena suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. In the 40th match minute, Veth Crystals was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos-Armando Valderrama to maneuver through the defense. Marcos Lama showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xu Liang, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Marcos Lama took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xu Liang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwidon Patora in the 52nd minute of play forced FC Toho's goalkeeper Tobias Glöden to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Feng Lin Jie sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With an all-out effort, FC Toho's Marcos Lama threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Feng Lin Jie, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Marcos Lama took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Feng Lin Jie, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 60 minutes into the match, Veth Crystals's goal looked a bit too open when Feng Lin Jie came free, but Marcos Lama reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bülent Kaupa's late challenge caught a Veth Crystals's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bülent Kaupa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 64th minute Feng Lin Jie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcos Lama saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tobias Glöden showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gwidon Patora in the 68th minute of the match. Veth Crystals made a substitution. Sebastian Wierzchowski replaced He Lin Di. After 71 minutes FC Toho's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Song Xing who took care of the corner kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Erik Persson heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. FC Toho's Xu Liang got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Tobias Glöden stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Erik Persson's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Veth Crystals's zone, Arne Rott stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marcos Lama came out of the goal and Arne Rott tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Xu Liang could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Marcos Lama made a huge save. In the 89th match minute, FC Toho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arne Rott to maneuver through the defense. Carlos-Armando Valderrama took the ball and in the 91 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tobias Glöden. Tobias Glöden dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Erik Persson in the 95th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tobias Glöden saved FC Toho from getting behind. FC Toho played a much better game than Veth Crystals and deserved their victory. The Veth Crystals players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.