World League

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Spectators: 7875 (Terracing: 5907, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 157) Gauthier Spiller made the kick off and thus started the match. Di Ao Shi's late challenge caught a 『挑战者』大连星海湾's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Di Ao Shi helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to 『挑战者』大连星海湾 getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. 顾常鹰 hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the match, LavAzzA's goal looked a bit too open when Thierry Henry came free, but Iwan Lepucki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gaudencio Lekubegi took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Claus Himschoot. Claus Himschoot dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's Thierry Henry got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's defense didn't have a chance, in the 22nd minute, when Gauthier Spiller scored to the left of an out of position Claus Himschoot, making the score, 2-0. 『挑战者』大连星海湾 were awarded a corner in the 27th minute after LavAzzA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. 马文棋 took the corner. Gauthier Spiller succeeded in the game's 31st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. In the 33rd minute, Thierry Henry left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 『挑战者』大连星海湾 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. After a rather tough play, 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 顾常鹰 got a free kick in the 41st minute. Iwan Lepucki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ziya Di Maria, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Thierry Henry to make the kick off. 60 minutes into the match, LavAzzA's goal looked a bit too open when Thierry Henry came free, but Iwan Lepucki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's 汪俊西 was substituted for 顾常鹰. 63 minutes had been played when some careless play by LavAzzA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 马文棋 was slow to take the kick. During this time 『挑战者』大连星海湾's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in 马文棋 almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but LavAzzA's Iwan Lepucki did a great save. 77 minutes into the match, 『挑战者』大连星海湾's goal looked a bit too open when Gauthier Spiller came free, but Claus Himschoot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, LavAzzA's Gaudencio Lekubegi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Claus Himschoot narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's Sorin Bogatu quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Xavier von Felten, made in the 84th minute of the game. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's attentive Sorin Bogatu managed to snatch the ball when Xavier von Felten made a throw-in in the 87th minute of the game. After having played for 88 minutes, Thierry Henry managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 『挑战者』大连星海湾's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thierry Henry was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 宋诚永 hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The LavAzzA fans cheered their team off the field, for while 『挑战者』大连星海湾 had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.