World League

Pyrgetos F.C. Arena
Spectators: 7727 (Terracing: 5796, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Πυργετός Fc's Aniol Peña started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Xano Menendez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 白霖弘, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. ≮王者归来≯虎贲军's Ritchie De Smedt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save ≮王者归来≯虎贲军 from getting a goal against them. 19 minutes into the match, Πυργετός Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Divock Origi came free, but Xano Menendez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xano Menendez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 白霖弘 in the 21st minute of play. Πυργετός Fc's Xano Menendez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 于强常 in the 24th minute of play. In the 26th minute Aniol Peña shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ritchie De Smedt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xano Menendez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 白霖弘 in the 29th minute of the match. Xano Menendez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 白霖弘 in the 29th minute of the match. ≮王者归来≯虎贲军's Ritchie De Smedt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christian Martxelin in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by 白霖弘 in the 35th minute of play forced Πυργετός Fc's goalkeeper Xano Menendez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 36 minutes Πυργετός Fc's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 高常政 who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that 高常政 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Xano Menendez quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Πυργετός Fc's Xano Menendez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 于强常 in the 41st minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when 于强常 stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Xano Menendez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 于强常 in the 52nd minute of the match. Ilias Karanastasis kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when 徐风皓 got free with Xano Menendez in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 61st minute of the match ≮王者归来≯虎贲军 got a corner. Πυργετός Fc's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 高常政 ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on ≮王者归来≯虎贲军's corner 高常政 fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Xano Menendez quite easily take care of the ball. 68 minutes into the match, 于强常 notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Πυργετός Fc's Xano Menendez. Xano Menendez was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 70th match minute, ≮王者归来≯虎贲军 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 倪战 to maneuver through the defense. Ritchie De Smedt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aniol Peña, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ≮王者归来≯虎贲军's Divock Origi got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Πυργετός Fc getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Ilias Gouziotis hit a great ball. Πυργετός Fc's Xano Menendez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Divock Origi in the 93rd minute of play. ≮王者归来≯虎贲军's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.