World League

上海八万人体育场
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. 狄超海 started the match with the kick off. When the match had gone on for 2 minutes, Joshua Sammut Castelletti put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Mattias Snell. Lv Yuan Kuan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Mattias Snell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mattias Snell stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joshua Sammut Castelletti's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. 11 minutes into the game, FC Pepsi's Lv Yuan Kuan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mattias Snell made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. With 13 minutes on the clock, 梅斐响 commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 13 minutes into the game, one of ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match clock showed 16 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Joshua Sammut Castelletti sped through ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mattias Snell. Lv Yuan Kuan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Mattias Snell tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 26th minute, Joshua Sammut Castelletti 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. Kurt Lundin might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mattias Snell. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kurt Lundin ran back to his position shaking his head. Mattias Snell made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lv Yuan Kuan in the 27th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joshua Sammut Castelletti in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mattias Snell prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joshua Sammut Castelletti in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mattias Snell saved ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻 from getting behind. In the 35th minute, Archie Culver hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paul Holmstedt made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when 贺震亦 sent off a good shot on target. Joshua Sammut Castelletti sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 贺震亦 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Paul Holmstedt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

When Joshua Sammut Castelletti came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the FC Pepsi fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Joshua Sammut Castelletti couldn't finish the play. Joshua Sammut Castelletti in the 53rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mattias Snell, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 贺震亦 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻 booed when FC Pepsi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Archie Culver didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 57th match minute, ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 宋树强 to maneuver through the defense. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻's goalkeeper Mattias Snell, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 60th minute of the match FC Pepsi got a corner. ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hubert Ekerot ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Cao Guang Yi almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻's Mattias Snell did a great save. The FC Pepsi fans' excitement grew in the 64th match minute when FC Pepsi's Joshua Sammut Castelletti looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Mattias Snell stood somewhat misplaced when Joshua Sammut Castelletti came free in front of goal and shot 0-6 to the left of him in the 67 minute. FC Pepsi's Kanu Kanu was substituted for Lv Yuan Kuan. The FC Pepsi fans' excitement grew in the 72nd match minute when FC Pepsi's Joshua Sammut Castelletti looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. With an all-out effort, FC Pepsi's Mattias Snell threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Joshua Sammut Castelletti, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The supporters of FC Pepsi booed when ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. 宋树强 didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 82 minutes, 贺震亦 mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻 and the FC Pepsi players grew even worse after the yellow card. 贺震亦 kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After 92nd play minutes Joshua Sammut Castelletti shot 0-8, a short shot which went by Mattias Snell and just under the crossbar into goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Joshua Sammut Castelletti in the 96th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mattias Snell prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The ☆冰谷☆ 龘靐齉爩齾麤爨飝鱻 supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching FC Pepsi's performance. The match ended with a win for FC Pepsi.