World League

EL PINO
Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Joel Lindman made the kick off which started today's match. 9 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goal looked a bit too open when Rune Olofsson came free, but Ni Tian Peng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, El Pinar's Süreyya Uzer got a free kick in the 15th minute. 17 minutes into the game, AC United's Joel Lindman nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ni Tian Peng made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Ni Tian Peng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rune Olofsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Ni Tian Peng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rune Olofsson in the 22nd minute of play. In the 23rdth minute of the game Joel Lindman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Roger Ekberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mantzio Mena in the 24th minute of play. If Elija Maiz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 30 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goal looked a bit too open when Rune Olofsson came free, but Ni Tian Peng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 34 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goal looked a bit too open when Rune Olofsson came free, but Ni Tian Peng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ni Tian Peng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sabin Ieremia in the 39th minute of the match. Ni Tian Peng stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bernt Carlberg's shot from short distance in the 48th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Süreyya Uzer to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goal looked a bit too open when Sabin Ieremia came free, but Ni Tian Peng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54th minute, Elija Maiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Celedonio Llin's late challenge caught a AC United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Celedonio Llin helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th match minute, El Pinar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celedonio Llin to maneuver through the defense. El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save El Pinar from getting a goal against them. 69 minutes into the match, AC United's goal looked a bit too open when Toma Merlushkin came free, but Roger Ekberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Egil Tidéksson's late challenge caught a El Pinar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Egil Tidéksson helped the player get up and apologised. Egil Tidéksson hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. El Pinar's Ni Tian Peng played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Torsten Enström in the 73rd minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 74 minutes, Ni Tian Peng successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 75th minute Elija Maiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roger Ekberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by AC United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fredrik Holden was slow to take the kick. During this time El Pinar's players had a chance to rest. El Pinar's Fredrik Holden was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Roger Ekberg in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 83 minutes into the match, El Pinar's goalkeeper Ni Tian Peng had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joel Lindman. Ni Tian Peng made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Sabin Ieremia sent off a good shot on target. In the 87th minute Bernt Carlberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Tian Peng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Sabin Ieremia kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ni Tian Peng. That made the score 0-2 in the 89 minute of play. Bernt Carlberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 94th minute the ball was on its way in behind AC United's goalkeeper Roger Ekberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. AC United walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.