World League

Montserrat Arena
Spectators: 7625 (Terracing: 5720, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Qu Sen Yan made the kick off which started today's match. In the 5th minute of the match TaTeRo Boys got a corner. Atlético Montserrat's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cumali Recep ran over to the corner to take the kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Michael Owen got free with Bernardinho Sharkin in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Atlético Montserrat's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Segundo Belarmo in the 8th minute. A nice corner shot did that Qu Sen Yan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bernardinho Sharkin quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mickaël Landreau came out of the goal in the 13th minute to try and stop a shot by TaTeRo Boys's Novak Djokovic. But to his dismay, Novak Djokovic quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Atlético Montserrat's Mickaël Landreau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Novak Djokovic in the 18th minute of play. 18 minutes in the game, Novak Djokovic dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Novak Djokovic scored 1-2 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mickaël Landreau, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 30 minutes into the game, one of TaTeRo Boys:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. TaTeRo Boys's Bernardinho Sharkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 崔光笑 in the 35th minute of play. 崔光笑 might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bernardinho Sharkin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 崔光笑 ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 37th minute of the match, 崔光笑 tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Bernardinho Sharkin saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience was convinced that Qu Sen Yan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardinho Sharkin was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. After 38 played minutes Atlético Montserrat got a freekick which was hit by Segundo Belarmo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Novak Djokovic in the 39th minute of play forced Atlético Montserrat's goalkeeper Mickaël Landreau to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mickaël Landreau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaká Pontes, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. After 41 minutes of play, TaTeRo Boys's Kaká Pontes made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mickaël Landreau was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kaká Pontes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Bernardinho Sharkin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aurelio Gitano in the 55th minute of the match. TaTeRo Boys's Bernardinho Sharkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michael Owen in the 57th minute of play. With a little luck, Atlético Montserrat's Mickaël Landreau got control of the ball when Novak Djokovic tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some careless play in the TaTeRo Boys defense, 崔光笑 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bernardinho Sharkin. The TaTeRo Boys fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bernardinho Sharkin should have stopped the shot. In the 65th minute Michael Owen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardinho Sharkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bernardinho Sharkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 崔光笑, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 66 played minutes TaTeRo Boys got a freekick which was hit by Agustín Sande. Bernardinho Sharkin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michael Owen in the 67th minute of play. When Atlético Montserrat's Michael Owen, in the 67th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Atlético Montserrat. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ceferino Iraido in the 73rd minute of play forced TaTeRo Boys's goalkeeper Bernardinho Sharkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernardinho Sharkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ceferino Iraido, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernardinho Sharkin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qu Sen Yan, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. TaTeRo Boys's Bernardinho Sharkin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardo Calvet in the 81st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ceferino Iraido in the 82nd minute of play forced TaTeRo Boys's goalkeeper Bernardinho Sharkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th minute, TaTeRo Boys's Novak Djokovic ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mickaël Landreau. Mickaël Landreau yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-4. 87 minutes into the match, TaTeRo Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Michael Owen came free, but Bernardinho Sharkin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Michael Owen notched a goal, 5-4, to the right of TaTeRo Boys's Bernardinho Sharkin. Bernardinho Sharkin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bernardinho Sharkin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michael Owen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Atlético Montserrat fans' excitement grew in the 90th match minute when Atlético Montserrat's 崔光笑 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 6-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Novak Djokovic succeeded in the game's 98th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 6-5. There was no doubt that Atlético Montserrat were the better team. Atlético Montserrat's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.