World League

Theatre of Dreams
Spectators: 7686 (Terracing: 5765, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) 2 minutes into the match, Jiang Yao Bin notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Hoberg United's Dida Martins. Dida Martins was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dida Martins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Haydar Dizdar, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. SOFiNiN KEDiSi's Nicolae Tilihoi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save SOFiNiN KEDiSi from getting a goal against them. In the 15th minute Cintya Palacios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolae Tilihoi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolae Tilihoi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cintya Palacios in the 17th minute of play. Hoberg United's Balázs Sebes got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the SOFiNiN KEDiSi defense, Cintya Palacios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicolae Tilihoi. The SOFiNiN KEDiSi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicolae Tilihoi should have stopped the shot. 29 minutes into the match, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's goalkeeper Nicolae Tilihoi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Balázs Sebes. In the 31st minute, Balázs Sebes made a precise shot to the right of Nicolae Tilihoi. SOFiNiN KEDiSi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. In the 36th minute, Cintya Palacios fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 43 minutes into the match, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's goal looked a bit too open when Cintya Palacios came free, but Nicolae Tilihoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Haydar Dizdar in the 45th minute of play forced Hoberg United's goalkeeper Dida Martins to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 45 minutes into the match, Hoberg United's goal looked a bit too open when Haydar Dizdar came free, but Dida Martins reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45thth minute of the game Haydar Dizdar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hoberg United's Dida Martins was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Hoberg United's attentive Benny Bus managed to snatch the ball when Bulent Korkmaz made a throw-in in the 57th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Balázs Sebes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hoberg United's supporters rose to their feet, but Balázs Sebes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nicolae Tilihoi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nicolae Tilihoi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Balázs Sebes, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Balázs Sebes in the 65th minute of play forced SOFiNiN KEDiSi's goalkeeper Nicolae Tilihoi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicolae Tilihoi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Balázs Sebes, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Haydar Dizdar struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Dida Martins didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SOFiNiN KEDiSi. If Jiang Yao Bin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dida Martins made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Jiang Yao Bin sent off a good shot on target. Balázs Sebes took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nicolae Tilihoi. Nicolae Tilihoi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Hoberg United's Jimmi Imtiaz was substituted for Randy Bastard. 87 minutes into the match, SOFiNiN KEDiSi's goal looked a bit too open when Cintya Palacios came free, but Nicolae Tilihoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the SOFiNiN KEDiSi defense, Cintya Palacios kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicolae Tilihoi. The SOFiNiN KEDiSi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicolae Tilihoi should have stopped the shot. SOFiNiN KEDiSi's Jiang Yao Bin got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. SOFiNiN KEDiSi's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.