World League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Santos Taurino started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a defensive mix-up in ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's zone, Sung McKinley stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Walter Wallander came out of the goal and Sung McKinley tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 6th minute Sung McKinley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Walter Wallander saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Petros Oganesyan hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. 刘冰星 kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albert Paulíny in the 9th minute of play forced ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's goalkeeper Walter Wallander to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Merlin Castro was slow to take the kick. During this time Khachatryan's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Merlin Castro got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Walter Wallander quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jermaine Richmond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Zanetti in the 12th minute of the match. The supporters of Khachatryan booed when ≮王者归来≯国际米兰 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dale Dolar didn't get a good kick on the ball. 25 minutes into the match, 刘冰星 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jermaine Richmond. Khachatryan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 刘冰星 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's 顾庭冰 was substituted for 刘冰星. Jermaine Richmond showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Santos Taurino, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. After a defensive mix-up in ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's zone, Merlin Castro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Walter Wallander came out of the goal and Merlin Castro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jermaine Richmond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Taurino in the 37th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Santos Taurino managed to get in a good position for a shot. ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's supporters rose to their feet, but Santos Taurino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jermaine Richmond breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 45th minute, Santos Taurino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jermaine Richmond was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Merlin Castro to strike the kick off in the second half. Merlin Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's Walter Wallander played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Merlin Castro in the 51st minute of play. Santos Taurino recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Khachatryan's Tigran Kirakosyan got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 58 minutes into the game, Khachatryan's Merlin Castro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Walter Wallander made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Khachatryan made a substitution. Hu Wei Shu replaced Antoine Schaefer. Carlos Zanetti hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Walter Wallander took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Merlin Castro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Khachatryan's Arin Mndoyants was substituted for Tigran Kirakosyan. In the 70th minute of the match Khachatryan got a corner. ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Merlin Castro ran over to the corner to take the kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Santos Taurino in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jermaine Richmond prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's Santos Taurino was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 74th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 81st minute, Javier Wu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ≮王者归来≯国际米兰's 张学友 Wu was substituted for Santos Taurino. The supporters of Khachatryan booed when ≮王者归来≯国际米兰 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Javier Wu didn't get a good kick on the ball. Walter Wallander made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Merlin Castro in the 94th minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ≮王者归来≯国际米兰 had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.