World League

Stade excalibur
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Duda Terra got the match started through his kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Zuzen Arroniz managed to get in a good position for a shot. ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队's supporters rose to their feet, but Zuzen Arroniz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hermínio Penha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 5th minute, Kosmas Karastathis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The audience was convinced that Kosmas Karastathis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hermínio Penha was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 15th minute Zuzen Arroniz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hermínio Penha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by 胡树明 in the 16th minute. The corner ended in 胡树明 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Les diables noirs's Hermínio Penha did a great save. ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队's Héctor Gaviria proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队 from getting a goal against them. Héctor Gaviria showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Steve Gabrielli in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 25th minute Duda Terra shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Héctor Gaviria saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Héctor Gaviria made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Steve Gabrielli in the 30th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Les diables noirs's Ashe Swain slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Héctor Gaviria. That made the score 1-1 after 32 minutes of play. Kosmas Karastathis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hermínio Penha read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. With a little luck, ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队's Héctor Gaviria got control of the ball when Ashe Swain tried to sneak it across the goal line. 44 minutes into the game, Sammy Doumenc threw the ball into play from the sideline. ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队's Recai Hekimbaşı quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 45 played minutes ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队 got a freekick which was hit by Lakis Kazantzakis. In the 46th minute of the match, Léopold Guiraud sent away a good long shot that could have become a goal, but Héctor Gaviria showed an example of his skillful tending and made the save just under the crossbar. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kosmas Karastathis to make the kick off. 50 minutes into the game, Sammy Doumenc threw the ball into play from the sideline. ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队's Recai Hekimbaşı quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Duda Terra's late challenge caught a ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Duda Terra helped the player get up and apologised. ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队 made a substitution. 温洲珂 replaced Recai Hekimbaşı. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kosmas Karastathis in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hermínio Penha prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kosmas Karastathis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hermínio Penha read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. 55 minutes into the match, Kosmas Karastathis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hermínio Penha. Les diables noirs's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kosmas Karastathis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队's 温洲珂 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Sammy Doumenc, made in the 58th minute of the game. Hermínio Penha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kosmas Karastathis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 1-3 became the score in the 63rd minute when Kosmas Karastathis elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. A collision led to ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队 getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Ayberk Koca hit a great ball. 69 minutes into the match, Kosmas Karastathis notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of Les diables noirs's Hermínio Penha. Hermínio Penha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 74 minutes into the match, Les diables noirs's goal looked a bit too open when Kosmas Karastathis came free, but Hermínio Penha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 75th minute ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队 were awarded a corner. 胡树明 went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led to ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队's Zuzen Arroniz getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队's Héctor Gaviria played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Duda Terra in the 80th minute of play. Les diables noirs's Hermínio Penha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kosmas Karastathis in the 81st minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 83 minutes, Hermínio Penha successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Kosmas Karastathis struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Hermínio Penha didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队. The audience was convinced that Kosmas Karastathis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hermínio Penha was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Les diables noirs's defense didn't have a chance, in the 92nd minute, when Kosmas Karastathis scored to the left of an out of position Hermínio Penha, making the score, 1-5. Sammy Doumenc made in the 95th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ashe Swain however managed to control. Chants of ◇Mz.梦◆〓风神〓甘肃天水骑兵代表队 echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as Les diables noirs had held the ball for most of the match.