World League

Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Moises Blasi made the kick off and thus started the match. Jaime Almeida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moises Blasi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Cristiano Messi took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Christian Bale to make any attempt to save it. Cristiano Messi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Christian Bale came out and tried to block the shot, but Cristiano Messi slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 9th minute. Cristiano Messi succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 15th playminute. After 20 minutes Botev Plovdiv 1912's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jiang Yi Chong who took care of the corner kick. Ignacy Kinic was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Cristiano Messi might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Christian Bale. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cristiano Messi ran back to his position shaking his head. Cristiano Messi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Christian Bale made a huge save. Christian Bale took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristiano Messi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the game, Benigno Bingen threw the ball into play from the sideline. Corinthians's Leopoldo Palmeira quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Dominguez Codony kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Christian Bale made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Cristiano Messi sent off a good shot on target. Ignacy Kinic's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Christian Bale firmly grabbed it by the left post. With a little luck, Botev Plovdiv 1912's Christian Bale got control of the ball when Cristiano Messi tried to sneak it across the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

In the 52nd minute Cristiano Messi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Bale saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Botev Plovdiv 1912's Christian Bale played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Messi in the 53rd minute of play. Christian Bale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristiano Messi in the 55th minute of play. Corinthians were awarded a corner in the 56th minute after Botev Plovdiv 1912's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jiang Yi Chong took the corner. Corinthians's Jiang Yi Chong was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Christian Bale in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 62nd minute Di Kun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jaime Almeida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Cristiano Messi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Christian Bale. Botev Plovdiv 1912's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristiano Messi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Botev Plovdiv 1912 made a substitution. Paul Romeo replaced Moises Blasi. After some careless play in the Botev Plovdiv 1912 defense, Cristiano Messi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christian Bale. The Botev Plovdiv 1912 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christian Bale should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Botev Plovdiv 1912 defense, Cristiano Messi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christian Bale. The Botev Plovdiv 1912 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christian Bale should have stopped the shot. In the 82ndth minute of the game Cristiano Messi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Botev Plovdiv 1912's Christian Bale was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Corinthians's José Vítor Ramos was substituted for Cristiano Messi. Corinthians made a substitution. Rubinho de Lara replaced Ignacy Kinic. A sloppy throw-in by Toni Tagarov in the 85th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Corinthians's Kiril Biradzhiev. After having played for 86 minutes, José Vítor Ramos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Corinthians's supporters crossed their fingers, but José Vítor Ramos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jaime Almeida made an important save on a dangerous shot by Paul Romeo in the 92nd minute. Christian Bale took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Vítor Ramos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Corinthians had won after a very even match.