World League

Stadium SK Mons
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) 【E ➣PS2 FC's Patricio Rey started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Yanniek Verhaert had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 【E ➣PS2 FC's Armando Velas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save 【E ➣PS2 FC from getting a goal against them. Patricio Rey struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Connor Osmond didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 【E ➣PS2 FC. Trevor Eubank scored 1-0 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Armando Velas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 16th minute, Norberto Pappo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gust Van Dijck made in the 22nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Luka Van Aken however managed to control. 26 minutes into the match, Steven Puttemans had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Armando Velas. 【E ➣PS2 FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Steven Puttemans was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. In the 32nd minute, Patricio Rey ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Connor Osmond was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. 35 minutes into the match, 【E ➣PS2 FC's Patricio Rey sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Connor Osmond narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 36th minute of the match 【E ➣PS2 FC got a corner. SK Mons's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Norberto Pappo ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 42nd minute, Patricio Rey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to 【E ➣PS2 FC getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Wawrzyniec Mondrowski hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cornel Ulici got free with Armando Velas in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Steven Puttemans made a kick off. A throw-in in the 54th minute of the game was made by Yanniek Verhaert with Luka Van Aken as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 60 minutes into the game, Patricio Rey recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Connor Osmond. Patricio Rey showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. Connor Osmond was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Patricio Rey showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-3 in the 63 minute of play. 【E ➣PS2 FC's Mauricio Moris was substituted for Joaquin Gilabert. 【E ➣PS2 FC's Cezary Piczak was substituted for Vern Bird. 【E ➣PS2 FC's Genaro Di Santi was substituted for Patricio Rey. The audience was convinced that Trevor Eubank's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armando Velas was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Mauricio Moris kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Connor Osmond. That made the score 2-4 in the 70 minute of play. Armando Velas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leif Olofsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Armando Velas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trevor Eubank, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SK Mons's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Yanniek Verhaert in the 81st minute. Yanniek Verhaert made a great header on SK Mons's corner, it was just that 【E ➣PS2 FC's Armando Velas managed to reach the ball for a save. Connor Osmond took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cezary Piczak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Connor Osmond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauricio Moris in the 89th minute of the match. Armando Velas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leif Olofsson in the 91st minute of play. 93 minutes had been played when some careless play by 【E ➣PS2 FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yanniek Verhaert was slow to take the kick. During this time SK Mons's players had a chance to rest. In the 94th minute, Norberto Pappo 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. Cezary Piczak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Connor Osmond made a huge save. The SK Mons fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. 【E ➣PS2 FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.