World League

SuRpRiSe ArenA
Spectators: 8015 (Terracing: 6013, Seating: 1843, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cheng Le Xing took the kick off in the first half of the match. Santa Jøker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a defensive mix-up in Pakorro AFC's zone, Santa Jøker stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bogdan Samokovliyski came out of the goal and Santa Jøker tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Pakorro AFC's Cheng Le Xing managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Mate Us in the 9 minute of the game. In the 10th minute, Mate Us hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th minute, Cheng Le Xing left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pakorro AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 16th minute, Santa Jøker made a precise shot to the right of Bogdan Samokovliyski. Pakorro AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Hubert Kostka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cheng Le Xing in the 26th minute of the match. SuRpRiSe were awarded a corner in the 29th minute after Pakorro AFC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Santa Jøker took the corner. The corner led to SuRpRiSe's Konstanty Kensicki getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cheng Le Xing in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hubert Kostka saved SuRpRiSe from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santa Jøker in the 37th minute of play forced Pakorro AFC's goalkeeper Bogdan Samokovliyski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A sloppy throw-in by Jaap Stam in the 42nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by SuRpRiSe's Ryszard Bierfass. Bogdan Samokovliyski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Santa Jøker's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Hubert Kostka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cheng Le Xing in the 46th minute of play. 47 minutes into the game, Artun Filiz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pakorro AFC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SuRpRiSe the free kick. In the 47th match minute, Pakorro AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artun Filiz to maneuver through the defense. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Santa Jøker to make the kick off. Hubert Kostka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cheng Le Xing in the 62nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santa Jøker in the 63rd minute of play forced Pakorro AFC's goalkeeper Bogdan Samokovliyski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hubert Kostka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cheng Le Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. After some careless play in the Pakorro AFC defense, Santa Jøker kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bogdan Samokovliyski. The Pakorro AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bogdan Samokovliyski should have stopped the shot. Pakorro AFC's Elvio Frances was substituted for Abel Etxatxu. Hubert Kostka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Conrado Baudelio in the 76th minute of the match. In the 78th match minute, Pakorro AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Daniel Minea to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Pakorro AFC's Daniel Minea got a free kick in the 79th minute. When SuRpRiSe's Erli Haaland in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pakorro AFC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 83rdth minute of the game Erli Haaland who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pakorro AFC's Bogdan Samokovliyski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bogdan Samokovliyski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulryk Chodzinski in the 85th minute of the match. Hubert Kostka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elvio Frances, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aşır Satılmış's late challenge caught a SuRpRiSe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aşır Satılmış helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Pakorro AFC's Aşır Satılmış got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Many of Pakorro AFC's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Pakorro AFC may have spent more time on the ball, but SuRpRiSe were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.