World League

Rungrado 1st of May
Spectators: 7574 (Terracing: 5682, Seating: 1741, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Antoni Bartoszek started the match with the kick off. Ren Xi Chen did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Bruno Donato 3 minutes into the match. 5 minutes into the match, April 25 SC's goal looked a bit too open when Antoni Bartoszek came free, but Sergio Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antoni Bartoszek in the 5th minute of play forced April 25 SC's goalkeeper Sergio Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 11 minutes into the match, April 25 SC's goal looked a bit too open when Alonzo Che came free, but Sergio Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. April 25 SC's attentive István Antal managed to snatch the ball when Shen Qing Ning made a throw-in in the 12th minute of the game. April 25 SC's Sergio Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alonzo Che in the 15th minute of play. 20 minutes into the match, April 25 SC's goal looked a bit too open when John Lennon came free, but Sergio Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Umbrella Corporation's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alfredo Curado in the 21st minute. In the 24thth minute of the game Cengiz Cengiz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but April 25 SC's Sergio Romero was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sergio Romero stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Antoni Bartoszek's shot from short distance in the 28th minute. István Antal hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Umbrella Corporation's John Lennon got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sergio Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antoni Bartoszek, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. After some careless play in the April 25 SC defense, Antoni Bartoszek kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sergio Romero. The April 25 SC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sergio Romero should have stopped the shot. 40 minutes into the game, Umbrella Corporation's John Lennon nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sergio Romero made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Antoni Bartoszek's late challenge caught a April 25 SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antoni Bartoszek helped the player get up and apologised. Antoni Bartoszek hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Feoktist Fomichev's late challenge caught a April 25 SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Feoktist Fomichev helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Umbrella Corporation's Feoktist Fomichev got a free kick in the 47th minute. April 25 SC's Gení Maestro got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

April 25 SC's István Antal quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Shen Qing Ning, made in the 58th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling John Lennon in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sergio Romero prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alonzo Che in the 70th minute of play forced April 25 SC's goalkeeper Sergio Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ren Xi Chen struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Bruno Donato didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for April 25 SC. April 25 SC made a substitution. Michel Platini replaced Antoni Augustyn. John Lennon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergio Romero having to interfere. April 25 SC's attentive István Antal managed to snatch the ball when Fabrício Fantini made a throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game. Bruno Donato didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ren Xi Chen went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 88 minutes, Antoni Bartoszek took a quick shot and it went in 2-4 without a chance for Sergio Romero to make any attempt to save it. Sergio Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from John Lennon, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. 94 minutes into the game, April 25 SC's Ren Xi Chen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bruno Donato made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-4. Umbrella Corporation played a much better game than April 25 SC and deserved their victory. The April 25 SC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.