World League

Jurong East Stadium
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Diego Belém made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th match minute, Albirex Niigata FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Belém to maneuver through the defense. 俞冰帆 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Peter Björkman's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. 16 minutes into the match, Albirex Niigata FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ludwig Lindström came free, but 俞冰帆 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Blueskatterna's André Nordmark proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save FC Blueskatterna from getting a goal against them. Diego Belém's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but André Nordmark read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 19th minute of play. With a little luck, FC Blueskatterna's André Nordmark got control of the ball when Diego Belém tried to sneak it across the goal line. Erik Majman got a throw-in 24 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Nils Falkrans. Jonathan Yi-Sheng hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Albirex Niigata FC were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after FC Blueskatterna's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Chus Egas took the corner. The corner led Albirex Niigata FC's Chus Egas to fire away a dangerous shot which André Nordmark despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience cheered loudly when Chus Egas's long shot in the 32nd minute became 1-0 when the ball went to the left of and passed André Nordmark. After 36 played minutes Albirex Niigata FC got a freekick which was hit by Sharizan Chee. 42 minutes into the match, Peter Björkman notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Albirex Niigata FC's 俞冰帆. 俞冰帆 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nils Falkrans in the 47th minute of play forced Albirex Niigata FC's goalkeeper 俞冰帆 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Peter Björkman was the one to do the kick off. Erik Majman made in the 52nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Albirex Niigata FC's Amir Pieng. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Belém in the 53rd minute of play forced FC Blueskatterna's goalkeeper André Nordmark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. André Nordmark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Belém in the 59th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ludwig Lindström in the 65th minute of play forced Albirex Niigata FC's goalkeeper 俞冰帆 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. André Nordmark showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Belém, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Peter Björkman hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. André Nordmark showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexander Tan, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. After some careless play in the FC Blueskatterna defense, Diego Belém kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of André Nordmark. The FC Blueskatterna fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that André Nordmark should have stopped the shot. Albirex Niigata FC's attentive Amir Pieng managed to snatch the ball when Erik Majman made a throw-in in the 81st minute of the game. Diego Belém's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but André Nordmark read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. André Nordmark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego Belém in the 84th minute of play. If Sharizan Chee had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Albirex Niigata FC were victorious despite being under pressure from FC Blueskatterna for much of the match.