World League

El Asilo...
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edgar Tscherner got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Yala's goal looked a bit too open when Arvin Svanberg came free, but Zeledon Curcio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ma Yong Jun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Freddy Valentine, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Edgar Tscherner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Karen FC's goalkeeper Ma Yong Jun, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 20th minute, Yala's Carolo Bizen dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 23rd minute, Yala's Carolo Bizen dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. 26 minutes into the match, Karen FC's goal looked a bit too open when Arnaud Konieczny came free, but Ma Yong Jun reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Yala getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Generoso Pinto hit a great ball. In the 30th minute Arvin Svanberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zeledon Curcio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ma Yong Jun made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carolo Bizen in the 31st minute. Karen FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 31st minute, when Freddy Valentine scored to the left of an out of position Ma Yong Jun, making the score, 3-0. After 38 played minutes Yala got a freekick which was hit by Generoso Pinto. With a little luck, Karen FC's Ma Yong Jun got control of the ball when Freddy Valentine tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 47th minute Arnaud Konieczny shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ma Yong Jun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Freddy Valentine to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Yala's Freddy Valentine got a free kick in the 50th minute. The corner ended in Arvin Svanberg almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Yala's Zeledon Curcio did a great save. After some careless play in the Karen FC defense, Carolo Bizen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ma Yong Jun. The Karen FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ma Yong Jun should have stopped the shot. Arnaud Konieczny fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ma Yong Jun having to interfere. In the 70th match minute, Yala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Freddy Valentine to maneuver through the defense. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Yala's goalkeeper Zeledon Curcio, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The corner ended in Bai Yan Feng almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Yala's Zeledon Curcio did a great save. Arvin Svanberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Zeledon Curcio made a huge save. Zeledon Curcio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgar Tscherner in the 78th minute of play. 84 minutes into the match, Yala's goal looked a bit too open when Edgar Tscherner came free, but Zeledon Curcio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgar Tscherner in the 84th minute of play forced Yala's goalkeeper Zeledon Curcio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Freddy Valentine in the 86th minute of play forced Karen FC's goalkeeper Ma Yong Jun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ma Yong Jun showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcial Lore in the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcial Lore in the 90th minute of play forced Karen FC's goalkeeper Ma Yong Jun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zeledon Curcio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arvin Svanberg in the 91st minute. After a rather tough play, Karen FC's Kiprijan Vučurević got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 93rd minute, Freddy Valentine 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. Marcial Lore took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ma Yong Jun. Ma Yong Jun dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-0. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Yala had won after a very even match.