World League

Frutiestadio Koreano
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Hu Yao Nan kicked off to start the match. Adam Gondela recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 17th minute, Cornelio Garaile hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th minute Felice Garibaldi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Dudley saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Tiburones Pacufantásticos getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Donato Quinto hit a great ball. Bruno Dudley showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hu Yao Nan, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. In the 25th minute, Diego Rafe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th minute of the match Yan Yu Yun sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bruno Dudley skillfully saved the ball. Tạ Rado kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Ye Kang Zhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Gondela in the 28th minute of the match. Tiburones Pacufantásticos's Leopoldo Rami got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ye Kang Zhan made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Adam Gondela sent off a good shot on target. Adam Gondela let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 34th minute shot 2-0 at rihgt post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Leopoldo Rami got free with Ye Kang Zhan in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rafael Lenzi kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. 42 minutes into the game, Toni Kroos MGZ™'s Rafael Lenzi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bruno Dudley made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. 47 minutes into the game, Hu Yao Nan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Bruno Dudley was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Adam Gondela stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54thth minute of the game Hu Yao Nan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tiburones Pacufantásticos's Bruno Dudley was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Adam Gondela fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ye Kang Zhan having to interfere. Felice Garibaldi's late challenge caught a Tiburones Pacufantásticos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Felice Garibaldi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Tiburones Pacufantásticos booed when Toni Kroos MGZ™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felice Garibaldi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ye Kang Zhan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Delmar Udalaitz, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Ferrando in the 65th minute of play forced Toni Kroos MGZ™'s goalkeeper Ye Kang Zhan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Tiburones Pacufantásticos's Bruno Dudley got control of the ball when Tạ Rado tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Adam Gondela had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 74 minutes into the match, Tiburones Pacufantásticos's goalkeeper Bruno Dudley had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tạ Rado. Ye Kang Zhan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adam Gondela's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Tiburones Pacufantásticos made a substitution. Roque Acosta replaced Leopoldo Rami. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by Toni Kroos MGZ™'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Donato Quinto was slow to take the kick. During this time Tiburones Pacufantásticos's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Tiburones Pacufantásticos's corner Donato Quinto fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ye Kang Zhan quite easily take care of the ball. After a rather tough play, Toni Kroos MGZ™'s Victor Amaral got a free kick in the 87th minute. In the 89th minute Pablo Mark shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ye Kang Zhan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ye Kang Zhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pablo Mark in the 94th minute of the match. Cornelio Garaile hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.