World League

Chalodromo
Spectators: 7733 (Terracing: 5801, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nikos Valassiou kicked off to start the match. Ni Tian Peng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Titan Palermo in the 3rd minute of the match. Ezequiel Ugutz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thanos Kalikis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Titan Palermo took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Ni Tian Peng to make any attempt to save it. Titan Palermo might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ni Tian Peng. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Titan Palermo ran back to his position shaking his head. 10 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goalkeeper Ni Tian Peng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Titan Palermo. In the 11th minute, Titan Palermo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, Prensadito Fulbo Clu's José Sand got a free kick in the 13th minute. Thanos Kalikis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Prensadito Fulbo Clu's goalkeeper Ezequiel Ugutz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet as Prensadito Fulbo Clu's Titan Palermo slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ni Tian Peng. That made the score 2-0 after 17 minutes of play. Prensadito Fulbo Clu's Ezequiel Ugutz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Duarte Castellon in the 20th minute of play. Prensadito Fulbo Clu's Korkutalp Bektaş quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ronaldo Feloaga, made in the 21st minute of the game. When Ronaldo Feloaga fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Pinar's protests and gave Ronaldo Feloaga a yellow card for diving instead. Ronaldo Feloaga kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Titan Palermo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Ni Tian Peng made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duarte Castellon in the 23rd minute of play forced Prensadito Fulbo Clu's goalkeeper Ezequiel Ugutz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 25 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Duarte Castellon sped through Prensadito Fulbo Clu's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ezequiel Ugutz. In the 30th minute, Titan Palermo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ni Tian Peng. The goal made the score 3-1. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind El Pinar's goalkeeper Ni Tian Peng, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Titan Palermo's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ni Tian Peng firmly grabbed it by the left post. Ezequiel Ugutz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikos Valassiou in the 37th minute of the match. El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save El Pinar from getting a goal against them. José Sand kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Prensadito Fulbo Clu's Ezequiel Ugutz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikos Valassiou in the 41st minute of play. The supporters of Prensadito Fulbo Clu booed when El Pinar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Toma Merlushkin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Titan Palermo to strike the kick off in the second half. Titan Palermo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ni Tian Peng having to interfere. Ni Tian Peng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Titan Palermo's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. Titan Palermo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Titan Palermo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ni Tian Peng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Titan Palermo in the 58th minute of the match. Ni Tian Peng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Titan Palermo in the 63rd minute of play. Titan Palermo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ni Tian Peng having to make a save. Ni Tian Peng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Titan Palermo in the 67th minute of the match. If Titan Palermo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Titan Palermo in the 70th minute of play. Ni Tian Peng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Titan Palermo in the 73rd minute of play. Titan Palermo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Ni Tian Peng tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Titan Palermo in the 80th 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. After a defensive mix-up in El Pinar's zone, Titan Palermo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ni Tian Peng came out of the goal and Titan Palermo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Titan Palermo in the 85th minute of play forced El Pinar's goalkeeper Ni Tian Peng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Moises Gregory managed to get in a good position for a shot. Prensadito Fulbo Clu's supporters rose to their feet, but Moises Gregory was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ni Tian Peng breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 91 played minutes Prensadito Fulbo Clu got a freekick which was hit by Korkutalp Bektaş. After 95 played minutes El Pinar got a freekick which was hit by Toma Merlushkin. El Pinar's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.