World League

逍遥体育场
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 江景瑜 started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by 江景瑜 in the 5th minute of play forced Paralia Athens's goalkeeper Virgil Olariu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, 上海杨浦联队's 许延城 got a free kick in the 7th minute. Virgil Olariu made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when 陈阳凡 sent off a good shot on target. 16 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's goal looked a bit too open when 方伟锋 came free, but Virgil Olariu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If 狄永沙 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 齐风凡 made in the 24th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Paralia Athens's Petru Văidianu. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 江景瑜 in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Virgil Olariu saved Paralia Athens from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Paralia Athens's Costel Neagoe got a free kick in the 30th minute. Virgil Olariu made an important save on a dangerous shot by 陈阳凡 in the 31st minute. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by Paralia Athens's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 江景瑜 was slow to take the kick. During this time 上海杨浦联队's players had a chance to rest. 34 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's goal looked a bit too open when 江景瑜 came free, but Virgil Olariu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 方伟锋 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Virgil Olariu made a huge save. In the 39th minute, Mike Cai 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. 董亮荣 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ke Zhou Yuan in the 41st minute of the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mike Cai to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's goal looked a bit too open when 江景瑜 came free, but Virgil Olariu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paralia Athens were furious when Agostinho Moura was red carded, 55 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Agostinho Moura kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. It was beautiful to see 上海杨浦联队's 齐风凡 in action when he in the 57th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! With his leg 董亮荣 managed to avoid a goal in the 62ndth minute, when Paralia Athens's Mike Cai fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Virgil Olariu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 江景瑜 in the 65th minute of the match. In the 67th minute 陈阳凡 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgil Olariu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paralia Athens's Virgil Olariu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 陈阳凡 in the 73rd minute of play. Paralia Athens's Gürkan Akaydın was substituted for Ke Zhou Yuan. After having played for 79 minutes, Mike Cai managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Paralia Athens's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mike Cai was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Virgil Olariu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 陈阳凡, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Mike Cai had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 董亮荣 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mike Cai in the 83rd minute of play. Virgil Olariu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 江景瑜, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Virgil Olariu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 江景瑜, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd minute, 齐风凡 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paralia Athens succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though 上海杨浦联队 had controlled the match.