World League

EL PINO
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lembit Pentus got the match started through his kick off. Toma Merlushkin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 8 minutes into the match, FC AnTePiA™'s goalkeeper Aşık Tunçdağ had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nikos Valassiou. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thanos Kalikis got free with Aşık Tunçdağ in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lembit Pentus in the 12th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ni Tian Peng prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Aşık Tunçdağ showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duarte Castellon, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Ni Tian Peng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lembit Pentus in the 19th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute, Milio Carcamo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25thth minute of the game Lembit Pentus who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 31 minutes into the game, Lembit Pentus cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Ni Tian Peng was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 37 minutes into the game, Milio Carcamo threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC AnTePiA™'s Korkut Koçyiğit quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. If Lembit Pentus had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ni Tian Peng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lembit Pentus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 39 minutes of play, FC AnTePiA™'s Lembit Pentus made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ni Tian Peng was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 45 played minutes FC AnTePiA™ got a freekick which was hit by Arjen Robben. After the first half FC AnTePiA™ were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Arjen Robben got free with Ni Tian Peng in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 53rd minute, FC AnTePiA™'s Arjen Robben ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ni Tian Peng. Ni Tian Peng yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. After 56 played minutes FC AnTePiA™ got a freekick which was hit by Klement Czerner. FC AnTePiA™ made a substitution. Özcan Balcik replaced Arjen Robben. Klement Czerner hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Lembit Pentus's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ni Tian Peng was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Lembit Pentus's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ni Tian Peng was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. In the 68th minute, FC AnTePiA™'s Lembit Pentus dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when Özcan Balcik got free with Ni Tian Peng in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 72nd minute, Korkut Koçyiğit hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 73 played minutes FC AnTePiA™ got a freekick which was hit by Korkut Koçyiğit. Ni Tian Peng made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Lembit Pentus sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duarte Castellon in the 77th minute of play forced FC AnTePiA™'s goalkeeper Aşık Tunçdağ to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC AnTePiA™ made a substitution. Celil Candemir replaced Lembit Pentus. Ni Tian Peng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Celil Candemir's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. Aşık Tunçdağ made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Duarte Castellon in the 85th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Celil Candemir in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ni Tian Peng saved El Pinar from getting behind. Ni Tian Peng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celil Candemir in the 89th minute of the match. Panos Tabakis kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Celil Candemir struck a weak shot in the 92nd minute. Ni Tian Peng didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC AnTePiA™. After 96 minutes, Celil Candemir made it 1-6 with a short kick to the right side. El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched FC AnTePiA™ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.