World League

Gionála Stadium
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fu Lin Liang got the match started through his kick off. Circus BAF's Jordy Steckens proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Circus BAF from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fu Lin Liang got free with Jordy Steckens in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 9th minute of the match TZITZIFIES got a corner. Circus BAF's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Martin Östlund ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Circus BAF's goalie and right to Emanuel Sakic. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Circus BAF's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Jordy Steckens made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Fu Lin Liang sent off a good shot on target. Jordy Steckens made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fu Lin Liang in the 14th minute. Jordy Steckens took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jann Aasa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jordy Steckens made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Fu Lin Liang sent off a good shot on target. Fu Lin Liang came free with the goalkeeper in the 22nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Jordy Steckens could save by the left post. In the 23rd minute, Emanuel Sakic ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jordy Steckens was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. A collision led to Circus BAF getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Freddy Vansteenbrugge hit a great ball. A collision led to TZITZIFIES getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Emanuel Sakic hit a great ball. 36 minutes into the match, Emanuel Sakic had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jordy Steckens. Circus BAF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emanuel Sakic was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. The supporters of TZITZIFIES booed when Circus BAF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luka De Raedemaeker didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 44 played minutes, TZITZIFIES's Martin Östlund shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jordy Steckens came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in TZITZIFIES reached it. Jordy Steckens showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Sakic in the 45th minute of the match. Circus BAF's defense didn't have a chance, in the 47th minute, when Fu Lin Liang scored to the left of an out of position Jordy Steckens, making the score, 4-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tommy Van Gertsuyden stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jozef Krovina blasted a shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jordy Steckens having to make a save. Tommy Van Gertsuyden fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iosif Labriakos having to interfere. The supporters of TZITZIFIES booed when Circus BAF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Freddy Vansteenbrugge didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jordy Steckens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iraklis Bountouris in the 60th minute of play. Iraklis Bountouris scored 5-0 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jordy Steckens, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fu Lin Liang scored 6-0 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jordy Steckens, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Circus BAF's Tommy Van Gertsuyden got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 70th minute Jann Aasa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jordy Steckens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, TZITZIFIES's Jann Aasa got a free kick in the 73rd minute. 75 minutes into the match, Circus BAF's goal looked a bit too open when Fu Lin Liang came free, but Jordy Steckens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 77 played minutes TZITZIFIES got a freekick which was hit by Paschalis Kastanoulis. Tommy Van Gertsuyden in the 83rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Iosif Labriakos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fu Lin Liang in the 84th minute of play forced Circus BAF's goalkeeper Jordy Steckens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Circus BAF's goal looked a bit too open when Fu Lin Liang came free, but Jordy Steckens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jann Aasa in the 86th minute of play forced Circus BAF's goalkeeper Jordy Steckens to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. TZITZIFIES's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.