World League

Céu Trovejante
Spectators: 7992 (Terracing: 5995, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 159) Peter Crouch started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 8th minute, Peter Crouch ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Xander Goos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. If Peter Crouch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Shen Sang Hao in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Qin Fan Sheng saved ZORZAL01 from getting behind. After 21 minutes of play, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Xander Goos was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, ZORZAL01's Qin Fan Sheng got control of the ball when Shen Sang Hao tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nicklas Lindström made in the 26th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Shen Sang Hao immediately put the ball in play. Qin Fan Sheng made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Shen Sang Hao sent off a good shot on target. Qin Fan Sheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shen Sang Hao in the 36th minute of the match. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by ZORZAL01's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Napoleon Furgal was slow to take the kick. During this time Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Shen Sang Hao in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Qin Fan Sheng prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A collision led to Tarrasque Voador F.C. getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Nicklas Lindström hit a great ball. A collision led to ZORZAL01 getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Federico Llorenc hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Shen Sang Hao stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Xander Goos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Peter Crouch in the 51st minute. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Xander Goos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 52nd minute of the match, managed to save Tarrasque Voador F.C. from getting a goal against them. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Raphael Veiga was substituted for Gianpaolo Lovera. ZORZAL01's attentive Pavel Nedvěd managed to snatch the ball when Cosmin Enigărescu made a throw-in in the 59th minute of the game. Peter Crouch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 72nd match minute, Tarrasque Voador F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur de Andrade to maneuver through the defense. ZORZAL01's Pavel Nedvěd got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 75th minute Peter Crouch shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xander Goos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 77 minutes Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pavel Nedvěd who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s goalie and right to Horacio Librado. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 79 minutes into the match, ZORZAL01's Peter Crouch sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Xander Goos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 86 played minutes Tarrasque Voador F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Dráusio Albuquerque. Xander Goos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Crouch, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The ZORZAL01 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.