World League

Darzhas Stadium
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Sultan-Mehmet Khan 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. Gersi Snabe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jiang Nan Song, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Iurie Cobzar during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Iurie Cobzar kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. After having played for 8 minutes, Roberto Carlos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Harsh Gods's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roberto Carlos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Jogaila Makauskas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Harsh Gods's Long Zhen Zhi got a free kick in the 12th minute. In the 19th minute, Sultan-Mehmet Khan made a precise shot to the right of Gersi Snabe. Harsh Gods's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. A collision led to Harsh Gods getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Renatas Eidukonis hit a great ball. Gersi Snabe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eurico Dias in the 27th minute of play. Jiang Nan Song made a great header on ✩ Pep Team ✩'s corner, it was just that Harsh Gods's Gersi Snabe managed to reach the ball for a save. 33 minutes into the match, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goal looked a bit too open when Tomas Lain came free, but Spase Kastrati reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes into the game, Sultan-Mehmet Khan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Gersi Snabe was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gersi Snabe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sultan-Mehmet Khan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 40th minute Tomas Lain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Spase Kastrati saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 41st minute Harsh Gods were awarded a corner. Roberto Carlos went to the cornerflag to take it. Harsh Gods's Roberto Carlos was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Spase Kastrati in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. After a rather tough play, ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Guillermo Chuse got a free kick in the 45th minute.

The wind increased when Tomas Lain made the kick off in the second half. Sultan-Mehmet Khan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gersi Snabe having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 56th minute of play forced Harsh Gods's goalkeeper Gersi Snabe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 60 minutes into the match, Harsh Gods's goal looked a bit too open when Sultan-Mehmet Khan came free, but Gersi Snabe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jogaila Makauskas charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jogaila Makauskas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Harsh Gods's Jogaila Makauskas got a free kick in the 65th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Sultan-Mehmet Khan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Gersi Snabe. That made the score 0-3 in the 68 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qian Xiong in the 75th minute of play forced ✩ Pep Team ✩'s goalkeeper Spase Kastrati to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 78 minutes, Sultan-Mehmet Khan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Sultan-Mehmet Khan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Jogaila Makauskas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 87 minutes of play, Harsh Gods's Renatas Eidukonis made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Spase Kastrati was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 90th match minute, Harsh Gods was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Qian Xiong to maneuver through the defense. A sloppy throw-in by Valery Vuelta in the 92nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Franck Gamel. Gersi Snabe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sultan-Mehmet Khan in the 94th minute of the match. Spase Kastrati showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jogaila Makauskas, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute.