World League

【ROG】★★★
Spectators: 7563 (Terracing: 5673, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Binjamin Ketelers made the kick off which started today's match. Andreas Fogel came free with the goalkeeper in the 5th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Zhang Hong Xun could save by the left post. 尤海迅 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serafín Berganza in the 6th minute of the match. Zhang Hong Xun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Flavius Bărbat, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Andro Liik could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 13th minute of the match, but Zhang Hong Xun made a huge save. 14 minutes into the game, Tabalongo AFC's Binjamin Ketelers nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 尤海迅 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 18th match minute, Tabalongo AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Constancio Jaque to maneuver through the defense. 21 minutes into the match, 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s goal looked a bit too open when Tomo De la Fuente came free, but 尤海迅 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 24th minute Ariel Bautista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 尤海迅 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhang Hong Xun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andro Liik in the 25th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Serafín Berganza in the 28th minute of play forced 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s goalkeeper 尤海迅 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute of the match Tabalongo AFC got a corner. 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Binjamin Ketelers ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Tomo De la Fuente almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s 尤海迅 did a great save. Flavius Bărbat could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Zhang Hong Xun made a huge save. When Bento Piliang fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s protests and gave Bento Piliang a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★ getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Bento Piliang hit a great ball. 尤海迅 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ariel Bautista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andreas Fogel could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Zhang Hong Xun made a huge save. In the 42nd minute Binjamin Ketelers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 尤海迅 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 43 minutes, Binjamin Ketelers managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tabalongo AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Binjamin Ketelers was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Flavius Bărbat to make the kick off. Zhang Hong Xun showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Flavius Bărbat, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Zhang Hong Xun made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Fogel in the 58th minute of play. Flavius Bărbat scored 1-1 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zhang Hong Xun, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ariel Bautista could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 64th minute of the match, but 尤海迅 made a huge save. 67 minutes into the match, 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★'s goal looked a bit too open when Ariel Bautista came free, but 尤海迅 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ariel Bautista in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 尤海迅 saved 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★ from getting behind. In the 68th minute Flavius Bărbat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhang Hong Xun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 68 minutes into the game, Flavius Bărbat cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Zhang Hong Xun was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Tabalongo AFC's Marciano Asmussen was substituted for Ariel Bautista. Zhang Hong Xun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andreas Fogel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tabalongo AFC's Zhang Hong Xun played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andreas Fogel in the 79th minute of play. Zhang Hong Xun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andro Liik in the 81st minute of the match. Zhang Hong Xun stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Flavius Bărbat's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. After some careless play in the Tabalongo AFC defense, Andreas Fogel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zhang Hong Xun. The Tabalongo AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zhang Hong Xun should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Tabalongo AFC's Tomo De la Fuente got a free kick in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andro Liik in the 86th minute of play forced Tabalongo AFC's goalkeeper Zhang Hong Xun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 89 minutes into the match, Andro Liik notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Tabalongo AFC's Zhang Hong Xun. Zhang Hong Xun was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Serafín Berganza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. 尤海迅 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 【REPUBLIC OF GAMERS】★★★ were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Tabalongo AFC for a fine match.