World League

Kjønstad
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Thor Gaarder made the kick off which started today's match. 8 minutes into the game, Hugo Tabb was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kjønstad BF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave AC Batán the free kick. Hugo Tabb hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Sait Baray made in the 13th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Kjønstad BF's Americo Panfilo. Ni Le Zheng came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Kjønstad BF's Toma Lechev. But to his dismay, Toma Lechev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Ni Le Zheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Josef Vrobel in the 22nd minute of the match. With a little luck, AC Batán's Ni Le Zheng got control of the ball when Toma Lechev tried to sneak it across the goal line. Acácio Nogueira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 28th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The throw-in from Tamer Aksel in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by AC Batán's Cristo Serapio. In the 30thth minute of the game Acácio Nogueira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kjønstad BF's Jarle Volden was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A nice corner shot did that Gong Feng got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jarle Volden quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ni Le Zheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toma Lechev, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thor Gaarder in the 38th minute of play forced AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Kjønstad BF defense, Acácio Nogueira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jarle Volden. The Kjønstad BF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jarle Volden should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Kjønstad BF getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Tamer Aksel hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Acácio Nogueira to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toma Lechev in the 51st minute of play forced AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ni Le Zheng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toma Lechev, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Acácio Nogueira in the 57th minute of play forced Kjønstad BF's goalkeeper Jarle Volden to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toma Lechev in the 62nd minute of play forced AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Kjønstad BF's Thor Gaarder got a free kick in the 67th minute. Jarle Volden made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Acácio Nogueira in the 69th minute of play. In the 71stth minute of the game Acácio Nogueira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kjønstad BF's Jarle Volden was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. AC Batán's Gong Feng was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jarle Volden in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by 김 연 in the 77th minute of play forced AC Batán's goalkeeper Ni Le Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st match minute, Kjønstad BF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tamer Aksel to maneuver through the defense. Kjønstad BF made a substitution. Jørund Leira replaced Ulises Otsoko. Kjønstad BF made a substitution. Nils-Arne Solevåg replaced Thor Gaarder. AC Batán's Cristoforo Di Ruscio was substituted for José Carlos da Silveira. Tamer Aksel kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Kjønstad BF's zone, Cido Cardozo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jarle Volden came out of the goal and Cido Cardozo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 88 played minutes Kjønstad BF got a freekick which was hit by Josef Vrobel. AC Batán's Ni Le Zheng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nils-Arne Solevåg in the 90th minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Cido Cardozo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jarle Volden. Kjønstad BF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cido Cardozo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. AC Batán had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.