World League

El Cilindro
Spectators: 7988 (Terracing: 5992, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cecilio Fanuco made the kick off which started today's match. Xiao Xu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Juliszew SSA's attentive Kelemen Astonzas managed to snatch the ball when Lee Pearson made a throw-in in the 11th minute of the game. Academia FC's Fabio Nabar came free and shot a quick shot against goal 12 minutes in the game, fortunately Zhuo Xuan Yu had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Academia FC's Fabio Nabar came free and shot a quick shot against goal 12 minutes in the game, fortunately Zhuo Xuan Yu had problems saving as it came toward the left post. In the 15th minute, Cecilio Fanuco left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Juliszew SSA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Walery Balkiewicz came out of the goal in the 18th minute to try and stop a shot by Juliszew SSA's Cecilio Fanuco. But to his dismay, Cecilio Fanuco quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. The supporters of Academia FC booed when Juliszew SSA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Philip Lovecraft didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elmo Jaanovits might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zhuo Xuan Yu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elmo Jaanovits ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elmo Jaanovits in the 23rd minute of play forced Juliszew SSA's goalkeeper Zhuo Xuan Yu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Walery Balkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cecilio Fanuco in the 25th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Academia FC's Fabio Nabar got a free kick in the 38th minute. Cecilio Fanuco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Walery Balkiewicz having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, Academia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cecilio Fanuco came free, but Walery Balkiewicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Walery Balkiewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cecilio Fanuco, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Elmo Jaanovits was the one to do the kick off. Xiao Xu might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Walery Balkiewicz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xiao Xu ran back to his position shaking his head. Academia FC made a substitution. Tancredo Hondaro replaced Elmo Jaanovits. The throw-in from Kelemen Astonzas in the 58th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Academia FC's Lee Pearson. Walery Balkiewicz didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 66th minute, which inside left pole to 0-3. Juliszew SSA's Zhuo Xuan Yu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tancredo Hondaro in the 74th minute of play. Oto Mur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Piotr Ziombkowski got a throw-in 80 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Oto Mur. The throw-in from Lee Pearson in the 83rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Juliszew SSA's Piotr Ziombkowski. After 85 minutes of play, Juliszew SSA's Xiao Xu made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Walery Balkiewicz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Oto Mur received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Walery Balkiewicz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 94th minute, Tancredo Hondaro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Walery Balkiewicz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Oto Mur in the 96th minute. The Juliszew SSA 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.