World League

Theatrum Somniorum
Spectators: 8417 (Terracing: 6313, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Wolf De Hond started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the match, Chinho FC's goalkeeper Gui Almeida had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wolf De Hond. An unexpectedly hard shot by Slaveyko Neev in the 13th minute of play forced Apricis Bruxella's goalkeeper Laurence Van Den Abeele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Apricis Bruxella's goal looked a bit too open when Călin Senin came free, but Laurence Van Den Abeele reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 20 minutes, Slaveyko Neev made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Apricis Bruxella's Laurence Van Den Abeele tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Chinho FC's Gui Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Coronel Camba in the 25th minute of play. 31 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chinho FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Johny Konings was slow to take the kick. During this time Apricis Bruxella's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Apricis Bruxella's Armand Steenberghs to fire away a dangerous shot which Gui Almeida despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After 34 played minutes Apricis Bruxella got a freekick which was hit by Stanislaw Marchewka. Gui Almeida made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Wolf De Hond sent off a good shot on target. In the 42nd match minute, Chinho FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aleksandr Krieser to maneuver through the defense. Apricis Bruxella's Laurence Van Den Abeele played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Slaveyko Neev in the 44th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wolf De Hond in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gui Almeida saved Chinho FC from getting behind.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Slaveyko Neev was the one to do the kick off. Laurence Van Den Abeele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Slaveyko Neev in the 51st minute of play. Gui Almeida didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Armand Steenberghs went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 60 minutes into the match, Coronel Camba had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gui Almeida. Chinho FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Coronel Camba was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. 67 minutes into the match, Dieter Breves dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Laurence Van Den Abeele, 2-2. Chinho FC made a substitution. Tibor Nyilasi replaced Aleksandr Krieser. Chinho FC's Lambis Goya was substituted for Dinei Mendonça. Apricis Bruxella's Steven Gierman was substituted for Güney Özboga. Apricis Bruxella's Diedrik Jamieson was substituted for Romeu Moreira. A sloppy throw-in by Stanislaw Marchewka in the 72nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Chinho FC's Natan Niewens. Gui Almeida took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wolf De Hond, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gui Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gencer Korkutalp in the 76th minute of the match. The Chinho FC fans' excitement grew in the 80th match minute when Chinho FC's Călin Senin 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 2-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Gui Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wolf De Hond in the 91st minute of the match. In the 94th minute Wolf De Hond shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gui Almeida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gui Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wolf De Hond in the 95th minute of the match. Chinho FC were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Apricis Bruxella's much stronger midfield.