World League

Afrimesti Stadium
Spectators: 7703 (Terracing: 5779, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Rezurekcja Gomulin's Qian Kang Bin 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. Timo Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qian Kang Bin, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Stasio Brodzki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucrețiu Ghimiș in the 7th minute of the match. Timo Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qian Kang Bin in the 10th minute of play. Lucrețiu Ghimișs short, quick shot in the 15thth minute got Stasio Brodzki to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Qian Kang Bin took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Timo Courtois. Timo Courtois dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Gică Popescu got a throw-in 23 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Lucrețiu Ghimiș. Timo Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qian Kang Bin in the 25th minute of the match. Irinel Tatomir fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stasio Brodzki having to interfere. Timo Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qian Kang Bin, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Christoffel Bracke was substituted for Özalp Erdönmez. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Guilherme Basso was substituted for Irinel Tatomir. The wind increased when Guilherme Basso made the kick off in the second half. Stasio Brodzki came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Lucrețiu Ghimiș. But to his dismay, Lucrețiu Ghimiș quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Stasio Brodzki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucrețiu Ghimiș, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stasio Brodzki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guilherme Basso, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After having played for 61 minutes, Qian Kang Bin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rezurekcja Gomulin's supporters crossed their fingers, but Qian Kang Bin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's Sandu Condeescu managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Iwo Burowski in the 74 minute of the game. If Qian Kang Bin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qian Kang Bin in the 76th minute of play forced ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007's goalkeeper Timo Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stasio Brodzki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guilherme Basso, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Qian Kang Bin in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Timo Courtois saved ★RO★ Afrimesti FC 2007 from getting behind. Rezurekcja Gomulin's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bartlomiej Barna in the 84th minute. Rezurekcja Gomulin's Qian Kang Bin was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Timo Courtois in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience was convinced that Guilherme Basso's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stasio Brodzki was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Beniamin Jekot hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. 91 minutes into the match, Rezurekcja Gomulin's goal looked a bit too open when Guilherme Basso came free, but Stasio Brodzki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.