World League

Arborial Park
Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Flavius Stoicea started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor Piţurcă in the 3rd minute of play forced ForestFire's goalkeeper Shaki Conn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 5 minutes, Lucas Navarro made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Emerald's 彭树邦 tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 彭树邦 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tracy Shah in the 10th minute. Elton Brewster made in the 13th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Lucas Navarro. 17 minutes into the game, ForestFire's Tracy Shah nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 彭树邦 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. 彭树邦 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucas Navarro, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. ForestFire were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after Emerald's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ben Gilliam took the corner. When ForestFire's Lucas Navarro in the 30th minute got a chance for a shot 30th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Emerald's goalie prevented a goal. Shaki Conn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 34th minute of the match. Shaki Conn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Victor Piţurcă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tracy Shah got free with 彭树邦 in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 37th play minutes Lucas Navarro shot 4-0, a short shot which went by 彭树邦 and just under the crossbar into goal. 40 minutes into the match, Ben Gilliam dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of 彭树邦, 5-0. Lucas Navarro was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 44th minute. ForestFire's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Tracy Shah who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 44thth minute tested the skills of 彭树邦 when he managed to save the team from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lucas Navarro in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 彭树邦 saved Emerald from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Navarro in the 47th minute of play forced Emerald's goalkeeper 彭树邦 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lucas Navarro made a kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Emerald's zone, Lucas Navarro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. 彭树邦 came out of the goal and Lucas Navarro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 53rd minute, Tracy Shah ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. 彭树邦 was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Lucas Navarro managed to get in a good position for a shot. ForestFire's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucas Navarro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. 彭树邦 breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 57 minutes, Lucas Navarro made it 7-0 with a short kick to the right side. Emerald's 彭树邦 tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Emerald's attentive 陈冰锋 managed to snatch the ball when Elton Brewster made a throw-in in the 61st minute of the game. 彭树邦 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tracy Shah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lucas Navarro in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg 彭树邦 saved Emerald from getting behind. If Ben Gilliam had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Shaki Conn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucrețiu Dinulescu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, ForestFire's Danial Dunbar got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Brad Brock fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 彭树邦 having to interfere. When Damian Furlit fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Emerald's protests and gave Damian Furlit a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of ForestFire booed when Emerald was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Damian Furlit didn't get a good kick on the ball. Emerald's 彭树邦 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucas Navarro in the 81st minute of play. 彭树邦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ben Gilliam in the 83rd minute of the match. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Lucas Navarro sped through Emerald's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of 彭树邦. Elton Brewster made in the 92nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Jose Hoyt however managed to control. 彭树邦 came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by ForestFire's Tracy Shah. But to his dismay, Tracy Shah quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. When the referee ended the match the ForestFire players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.