World League

Estadio Aroeira
Spectators: 7985 (Terracing: 5990, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cai Yuan Yuan made the kick off which started today's match. Arian Beqaj showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aras Görkem Kaymaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean-Louis Ouaddou in the 6th minute of the match. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind MZ Fénix's goalkeeper Pankracy Zajonc, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 10 minutes MZ Fénix's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ademir Rodrigues who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Beek City's corner Ademir Rodrigues fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pankracy Zajonc quite easily take care of the ball. The supporters of Beek City booed when MZ Fénix was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Basilio Ovando didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 13th minute, Florin Dragușin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Beek City's Arian Beqaj played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cai Yuan Yuan in the 15th minute of play. Beek City's defense didn't have a chance, in the 19th minute, when Basilio Ovando scored to the left of an out of position Arian Beqaj, making the score, 1-0. Pankracy Zajonc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fausto LaGarde in the 22nd minute of play. Florin Dragușin kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Pankracy Zajonc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vahdet Ulumeriç, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 27thth minute of the game Cai Yuan Yuan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Beek City's Arian Beqaj was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Arian Beqaj showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cai Yuan Yuan in the 29th minute of the match. Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fausto LaGarde in the 32nd minute of the match. Fabio Di Maio made in the 39th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Fausto LaGarde however managed to control. Fausto LaGarde fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pankracy Zajonc having to interfere. Cai Yuan Yuan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 46 minutes into the match, Beek City's goal looked a bit too open when Cai Yuan Yuan came free, but Arian Beqaj reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vahdet Ulumeriç made a kick off. An unexpected shot in the 53rd minute by Vahdet Ulumeriç got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Arian Beqaj stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cai Yuan Yuan's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fausto LaGarde in the 59th minute of play. Pankracy Zajonc didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jean-Louis Ouaddou went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Arian Beqaj made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cai Yuan Yuan in the 67th minute of play. If Florin Dragușin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. MZ Fénix's Alexandre Valido was substituted for Vladimiro Granja. Dre Toeback hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. 72 minutes into the game, MZ Fénix's Cai Yuan Yuan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arian Beqaj made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cai Yuan Yuan in the 79th minute of play forced Beek City's goalkeeper Arian Beqaj to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Beek City's Arian Beqaj played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cai Yuan Yuan in the 82nd minute of play. Pankracy Zajonc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vahdet Ulumeriç, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Cai Yuan Yuan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arian Beqaj having to interfere. Fabio Di Maio hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Florin Dragușin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Beek City's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.