World League

GURZUN
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) FC GURZUN's Juliusz Zieba started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When VC zoetwater's Anthony Dumont in the 2nd minute got a chance for a shot 2nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC GURZUN's goalie prevented a goal. In the 3rd minute, FC GURZUN's Flavius Iriza dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 6th minute Juliusz Zieba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gong Ying Zheng saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fabien Pardons hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Gong Ying Zheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julien Luarasi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anthony Dumont recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The supporters of FC GURZUN booed when VC zoetwater was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ive Volckaerts didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gong Ying Zheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niculae Siteavu in the 22nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ive Volckaerts's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mugur Suşu was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. 31 minutes into the match, FC GURZUN's goal looked a bit too open when Anthony Dumont came free, but Mugur Suşu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juliusz Zieba in the 32nd minute of play forced VC zoetwater's goalkeeper Gong Ying Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Juliusz Zieba in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gong Ying Zheng saved VC zoetwater from getting behind. Gong Ying Zheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niculae Siteavu in the 33rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ive Volckaerts in the 34th minute of play forced FC GURZUN's goalkeeper Mugur Suşu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernardo Sharkin took the ball and in the 36 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mugur Suşu. Mugur Suşu dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Niculae Siteavu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Gong Ying Zheng made a huge save. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ive Volckaerts to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niculae Siteavu in the 51st minute of play forced VC zoetwater's goalkeeper Gong Ying Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gong Ying Zheng made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Juliusz Zieba in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juliusz Zieba in the 53rd minute of play forced VC zoetwater's goalkeeper Gong Ying Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, VC zoetwater's goal looked a bit too open when Niculae Siteavu came free, but Gong Ying Zheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, FC GURZUN's goalkeeper Mugur Suşu had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bernardo Sharkin. Mugur Suşu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gusztáv Bács in the 65th minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, VC zoetwater's goal looked a bit too open when Juliusz Zieba came free, but Gong Ying Zheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute, VC zoetwater's Gigi Contra seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Gigi Contra the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of VC zoetwater protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Gigi Contra had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. FC GURZUN made a substitution. Mihnea Tincu replaced Julien Luarasi. Gong Ying Zheng went to the wrong direction when Iustinian Găină was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Gong Ying Zheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niculae Siteavu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gong Ying Zheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niculae Siteavu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gong Ying Zheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niculae Siteavu in the 82nd minute of the match. Mugur Suşu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardo Sharkin in the 84th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juliusz Zieba in the 85th minute of play forced VC zoetwater's goalkeeper Gong Ying Zheng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavius Iriza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gong Ying Zheng having to interfere. FC GURZUN's Nae Hurmuzache was substituted for Juliusz Zieba. 93 minutes into the match, Ive Volckaerts dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mugur Suşu, 1-3. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched VC zoetwater eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.