World League

Lemel Sportpark
Spectators: 7994 (Terracing: 5997, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Manfred Konradsson got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th match minute, Lemel SV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomasz Resel to maneuver through the defense. 5 minutes into the match, Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Napoleon Furgal sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lin Hong Song narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 8th minute Manfred Konradsson 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfred Konradsson in the 10th minute of play forced Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s goalkeeper Xander Goos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Claudio Caniggia was slow to take the kick. During this time Lemel SV's players had a chance to rest. Xander Goos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jacek Furlit in the 13th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 14 minutes, Xander Goos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. If Shen Sang Hao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lin Hong Song showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shen Sang Hao in the 16th minute of the match. In the 19th match minute, Tarrasque Voador F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shen Sang Hao to maneuver through the defense. In the 21stth minute of the game Manfred Konradsson who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Xander Goos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Ettore Petroni had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Xander Goos. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ettore Petroni was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Xander Goos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ettore Petroni, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 34 minutes into the match, Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Shen Sang Hao sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lin Hong Song narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 35th minute, Gianpaolo Lovera hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Xander Goos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Caniggia in the 37th minute of the match. Shen Sang Hao might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lin Hong Song. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Shen Sang Hao ran back to his position shaking his head. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Xander Goos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Tarrasque Voador F.C. from getting a goal against them. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Shen Sang Hao made the kick off in the second half. Xander Goos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ettore Petroni in the 52nd minute of the match. Xander Goos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ettore Petroni, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Shen Sang Hao's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Lin Hong Song firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuri Roelofsen in the 58th minute of play forced Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s goalkeeper Xander Goos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ramachandramurthy Van Dijk during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Lemel SV made a substitution. Oscar Stuijvenberg replaced Edelmiro Reyes. Lemel SV made a substitution. Dennis Bergkamp replaced Ettore Petroni. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 72nd minute of the game. One of Tarrasque Voador F.C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Lemel SV:s goal. Xander Goos had in the 75thth minute some difficulties stopping Dennis Bergkamp's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Lemel SV were awarded a corner in the 76th minute after Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Claudio Caniggia took the corner. When Zhuang Wei Ning fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s protests and gave Zhuang Wei Ning a yellow card for diving instead. In the 92nd minute Lemel SV were awarded a corner. Claudio Caniggia went to the cornerflag to take it. Lemel SV walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.