World League

Leeton Park
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) 8 minutes into the match, Gesteira's goal looked a bit too open when Brookes Crane came free, but Franklin Bittencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute of the match Leeton United FC got a corner. Gesteira's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Clay Heath ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Leeton United FC's Wu Si Xiao to a score. 1-0 in the 10th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Brookes Crane in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Franklin Bittencourt prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gesteira's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Clay Heath was slow to take the kick. During this time Leeton United FC's players had a chance to rest. 26 minutes into the game, Raphael Veiga threw the ball into play from the sideline. Leeton United FC's Clay Heath quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 27 played minutes Leeton United FC got a freekick which was hit by Brookes Crane. Raphael Veiga made in the 29th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Leeton United FC's Clay Heath. 30 minutes into the game, Raphael Veiga threw the ball into play from the sideline. Leeton United FC's Clay Heath quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Gesteira's Franklin Bittencourt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Gesteira from getting a goal against them. Brookes Crane might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Franklin Bittencourt. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Brookes Crane ran back to his position shaking his head. Brookes Crane could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Franklin Bittencourt made a huge save. Brookes Crane blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Franklin Bittencourt having to make a save. If Brookes Crane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gesteira's Franklin Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brookes Crane in the 42nd minute of play. Franklin Bittencourt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brookes Crane, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 48thth minute of the game Brookes Crane who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gesteira's Franklin Bittencourt was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Brookes Crane to strike the kick off in the second half. The throw-in from Danton Keam in the 52nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gesteira's 陆朋超. Franklin Bittencourt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brookes Crane, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gesteira's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Matheus Amaral in the 65th minute. Zé Carlos Mazza made a great header on Gesteira's corner, it was just that Leeton United FC's Dakota Newham managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 67th minute of the match, Aan 典韦 got a very nice opportunity to score, but Dakota Newham was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Leeton United FC's Brown Wilde was substituted for Kent Allan. 70 minutes had been played when some careless play by Leeton United FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Matheus Amaral was slow to take the kick. During this time Gesteira's players had a chance to rest. 72 minutes into the match, Gesteira's goal looked a bit too open when Brookes Crane came free, but Franklin Bittencourt reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Brookes Crane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Danton Keam received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Franklin Bittencourt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moise Zgrăbunţa in the 80th minute of play forced Leeton United FC's goalkeeper Dakota Newham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Brookes Crane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gesteira's Franklin Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Brookes Crane in the 84th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Leeton United FC's Wu Si Xiao got a free kick in the 87th minute. Dakota Newham stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alim Akkaya's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. Leeton United FC's attentive Clay Heath managed to snatch the ball when Raphael Veiga made a throw-in in the 94th minute of the game. There was no doubt that Leeton United FC were the better team. Leeton United FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.