World League

Estadi de Mestalla
Spectators: 8062 (Terracing: 6048, Seating: 1854, VIP seats: 160) Sonny Karlberg started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Emaηski F.C Reborη's Aquiles Senio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tudor Hurezeanu in the 4th minute of play. Emaηski F.C Reborη's Aquiles Senio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sonny Karlberg in the 6th minute of play. In the 8th minute Nicodemo Salan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aquiles Senio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Deng Chang Xu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Janich Sodborg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Deng Chang Xu in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Deng Chang Xu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Janich Sodborg was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Aquiles Senio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicodemo Salan, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Brendon Cole kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. After having played for 17 minutes, Tudor Hurezeanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Orxata I Fartons's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tudor Hurezeanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Orxata I Fartons's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gaz Abbott was slow to take the kick. During this time Emaηski F.C Reborη's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Tao Guo Di heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicodemo Salan in the 23rd minute of play forced Emaηski F.C Reborη's goalkeeper Aquiles Senio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Janich Sodborg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Túlio Sharkin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Emaηski F.C Reborη's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tudor Hurezeanu was slow to take the kick. During this time Orxata I Fartons's players had a chance to rest. Deng Chang Xu might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Janich Sodborg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Deng Chang Xu ran back to his position shaking his head. Janich Sodborg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Deng Chang Xu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Deng Chang Xu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Deng Chang Xu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Emaηski F.C Reborη's supporters rose to their feet, but Deng Chang Xu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Janich Sodborg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicodemo Salan in the 54th minute of play forced Emaηski F.C Reborη's goalkeeper Aquiles Senio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, Emaηski F.C Reborη's goal looked a bit too open when Nicodemo Salan came free, but Aquiles Senio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute, James Butler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tudor Hurezeanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aquiles Senio having to interfere. Emaηski F.C Reborη made a substitution. Radomir Skaradowski replaced James Butler. Emaηski F.C Reborη's Radomir Skaradowski quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Spiro Coca, made in the 89th minute of the game. Janich Sodborg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gez Cooke, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 92nd minute, Henry Roos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Gez Cooke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Despite being the better team, Orxata I Fartons failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.