World League

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 7117 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 10) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Torbjörn Hake kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, Astros de México's goal looked a bit too open when Harry Sjö came free, but Tevfik Sabri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guido Salomon charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guido Salomon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 6 played minutes Astros de México got a freekick which was hit by Guido Salomon. In the 8th match minute, Kingpins was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ke Cheng Yun to maneuver through the defense. Tevfik Sabri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harry Sjö in the 10th minute of the match. Tevfik Sabri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lu Qing Ang in the 12th minute of the match. Tomás Mangueira hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Kingpins's Mao Hai Zhen got a free kick in the 17th minute. After 21 minutes of play Astros de México's Guido Salomon was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of Kingpins booed when Astros de México was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guido Salomon didn't get a good kick on the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Josep Casanova notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Astros de México's Tevfik Sabri. Tevfik Sabri was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tevfik Sabri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adrian Falck in the 32nd minute of play. With a little luck, Kingpins's Bixente Poli got control of the ball when Iker Dei tried to sneak it across the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Torbjörn Hake in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tevfik Sabri prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Harry Sjö took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tevfik Sabri. Tevfik Sabri dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2.

The wind increased when Iker Dei made the kick off in the second half. Antonio Iratze kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Victorino Euloxu blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tevfik Sabri having to make a save. If Victorino Euloxu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tevfik Sabri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patrik Beneth in the 59th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Patrik Beneth in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tevfik Sabri prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 69th minute, Karl-Johan Gregersson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tevfik Sabri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Victorino Euloxu in the 72nd minute of play. In the 72nd minute, Patricio Egoi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Astros de México's Tevfik Sabri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Astros de México from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Kingpins booed when Astros de México was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Julio Quintin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Patrik Beneth could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Tevfik Sabri made a huge save. When Victorino Euloxu came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Kingpins 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 Victorino Euloxu couldn't finish the play. Nilton Gonçalves kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. After 90 played minutes Kingpins got a freekick which was hit by Ke Cheng Yun. 96 minutes into the match, Astros de México's goalkeeper Tevfik Sabri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Patrik Beneth. The Astros de México fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Kingpins were clearly better and deserved to take the win.