World League

Πανθεσσαλικό Στάδιο
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alexis Idrotoglou got the match started through his kick off. Ayi Kusumah received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Thibaut Courtois tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vassilis Tournas hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. In the 9th minute Ayi Kusumah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thibaut Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cláudio Bittencourt made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Panos Pachopoulos sent off a good shot on target. 13 minutes into the match, Richard Hefter notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Tabachana F.C.'s Thibaut Courtois. Thibaut Courtois was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tabachana F.C.'s Thibaut Courtois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ayi Kusumah in the 19th minute of play. After 20 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Tabachana F.C.! Thibaut Courtois had in the 22ndth minute some difficulties stopping Ayi Kusumah's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After 23 minutes Tabachana F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ayi Kusumah who took care of the corner kick. Red Bull Magnus's Richard Hefter was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Thibaut Courtois in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When the match clock showed 24 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Richard Hefter sped through Tabachana F.C.'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Thibaut Courtois. If You Wei Xing had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thibaut Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ayi Kusumah in the 37th minute of the match. Thibaut Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ayi Kusumah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thibaut Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from You Wei Xing in the 42nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ayi Kusumah in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thibaut Courtois saved Tabachana F.C. from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ayi Kusumah in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thibaut Courtois saved Tabachana F.C. from getting behind. Red Bull Magnus's Cláudio Bittencourt proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to save Red Bull Magnus from getting a goal against them. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Ayi Kusumah made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, You Wei Xing ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thibaut Courtois was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 59th minute, Axel Bäck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Red Bull Magnus made a substitution. Paulo Renato Trigo replaced You Wei Xing. Red Bull Magnus's Axel Bäck managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Odysseas Portoulidis in the 62 minute of the game. In the 65th minute, Red Bull Magnus's Bass Dost ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Thibaut Courtois. Thibaut Courtois yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. Thibaut Courtois stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bass Dost's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. A collision led to Tabachana F.C. getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Trifon Masourakis hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bass Dost in the 73rd minute of play forced Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bass Dost got free with Thibaut Courtois in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bass Dost might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Thibaut Courtois. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bass Dost ran back to his position shaking his head. Odysseas Portoulidis charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Odysseas Portoulidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Tabachana F.C. getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Odysseas Portoulidis hit a great ball. When Red Bull Magnus's Bass Dost in the 82nd minute got a chance for a shot 82nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tabachana F.C.'s goalie prevented a goal. After 83 minutes, Efthimis Stamatiadis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tabachana F.C. and the Red Bull Magnus players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 83 played minutes Tabachana F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Efthimis Stamatiadis. In the 84th minute, one of Tabachana F.C.:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Tabachana F.C.. Bass Dost shot the penalty kick right outside the post. 96 minutes into the match, Tabachana F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Bass Dost came free, but Thibaut Courtois reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Red Bull Magnus played a much better game than Tabachana F.C. and deserved their victory. The Tabachana F.C. players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.