World League

Minute Maid Park
Spectators: 7477 (Terracing: 5609, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) 何烽建 started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 鲁宇奕 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valio Tammisto went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 6 minutes into the match, 【FLY】黄岩本地早's goal looked a bit too open when Valio Tammisto came free, but 鲁宇奕 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Alberth Gosmann had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 11 minutes into the match, 【FLY】黄岩本地早's goalkeeper 鲁宇奕 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alberth Gosmann. Gervasio Lauaxeta made a great header on Westenenk's corner, it was just that 【FLY】黄岩本地早's 鲁宇奕 managed to reach the ball for a save. 鲁宇奕 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valio Tammisto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jaap van der Schans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 巩彬明, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. After a rather tough play, 【FLY】黄岩本地早's 潘乐潮 got a free kick in the 21st minute. Wieslaw Posadzkis short, quick shot in the 23rdth minute got 鲁宇奕 to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jaap van der Schans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 巩彬明 in the 26th minute of the match. 27 minutes in the game, 巩彬明 dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. After a rather tough play, Westenenk's Peder Nyqvist got a free kick in the 31st minute. Jaap van der Schans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 巩彬明 in the 35th minute of play. After 37 played minutes Westenenk got a freekick which was hit by Peder Nyqvist. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 43rd minute of the game. One of Westenenk:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of 【FLY】黄岩本地早:s goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

If 何烽建 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cecilio Herrera fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jaap van der Schans having to interfere. Jaap van der Schans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 潘乐潮 in the 70th minute of the match. Jaap van der Schans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 何烽建, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by 巩彬明 in the 73rd minute of play forced Westenenk's goalkeeper Jaap van der Schans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valio Tammisto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. 鲁宇奕 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 鲁宇奕 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valio Tammisto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After taking down the ball on Westenenk's corner Gervasio Lauaxeta fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and 鲁宇奕 quite easily take care of the ball. After some careless play in the 【FLY】黄岩本地早 defense, Valio Tammisto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 鲁宇奕. The 【FLY】黄岩本地早 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 鲁宇奕 should have stopped the shot. Westenenk's Jaap van der Schans proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Westenenk from getting a goal against them. Jaap van der Schans made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when 巩彬明 sent off a good shot on target. Westenenk's Jaap van der Schans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 巩彬明 in the 88th minute of play. 鲁宇奕 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valio Tammisto, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. 【FLY】黄岩本地早's 鲁宇奕 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valio Tammisto in the 94th minute of play. When the referee blew the final whistle, Westenenk could leave the field as winners, despite 【FLY】黄岩本地早 having more of the ball for most of the match.