World League

ATHENAS ESTADIUM
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Qiao Ang Le started the match with the kick off. Emerald's 彭树邦 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save Emerald from getting a goal against them. Qiao Ang Le's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, 彭树邦 skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 5 minutes into the match, Emerald's goal looked a bit too open when Bebeto Medeiros came free, but 彭树邦 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 彭树邦 didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Pégasus F. C.'s Qiao Ang Le shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Victor Piţurcă put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Umberto Cunha. If Xande Sharkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emerald's 彭树邦 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Emerald from getting a goal against them. In the 18th minute, Xande Sharkin 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. Xande Sharkin's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but 彭树邦 firmly grabbed it by the left post. Paulo José Barral made in the 21st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Emerald's Damian Furlit. After a rather tough play, Emerald's 陈冰锋 got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Samuca Tepedino's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 彭树邦 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. Emerald's 彭树邦 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Emerald from getting a goal against them. 31 minutes into the game, Paulo José Barral threw the ball into play from the sideline. Emerald's Damian Furlit quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Umberto Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavius Stoicea in the 33rd minute of play. 彭树邦 made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Qiao Ang Le sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Victor Piţurcă in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Umberto Cunha prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Samuca Tepedino received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. 彭树邦 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 40 played minutes Pégasus F. C. got a freekick which was hit by Qiao Ang Le. Emerald's 彭树邦 proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Emerald from getting a goal against them. In the 48th match minute, Emerald was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 陈冰锋 to maneuver through the defense. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Flavius Stoicea was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Qiao Ang Le 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. 55 minutes into the match, Emerald's goal looked a bit too open when Bebeto Medeiros came free, but 彭树邦 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, Pégasus F. C.'s Qiao Ang Le 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, 2-1. Pégasus F. C. made a substitution. Jules Gangloff replaced Xande Sharkin. Adrian Czornomaz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. 彭树邦 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 68th minute, Adrian Czornomaz made a precise shot to the right of 彭树邦. Emerald's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. After having played for 73 minutes, Samuca Tepedino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pégasus F. C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Samuca Tepedino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 75th minute Adrian Czornomaz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 彭树邦 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 彭树邦 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kurt Groll, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Pégasus F. C. fans' excitement grew in the 85th match minute when Pégasus F. C.'s Kurt Groll looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 彭树邦 didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kurt Groll went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. The supporters of Emerald booed when Pégasus F. C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lorenzo Leiva didn't get a good kick on the ball. 彭树邦 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adrian Czornomaz, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. Pégasus F. C.'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.