U21 World League

Benns
Spectators: 8010 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1850, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gong Zhi Peng got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Bennis's Cai Cheng Sang ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mattia Perin. Mattia Perin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. If Cai Cheng Sang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 22 minutes into the match, Bennis's Cai Cheng Sang sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mattia Perin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. César Lira hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. 23 minutes into the match, SuRpRiSe's Aleksander Liermann sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Leonardo Jara narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bennis's Leonardo Jara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gong Zhi Peng in the 26th minute of play. Cai Cheng Sang hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Leonardo Jara stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gong Zhi Peng's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. 38 minutes into the match, Bennis's goal looked a bit too open when Tadeusz Tepper came free, but Leonardo Jara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeusz Tepper in the 38th minute of play forced Bennis's goalkeeper Leonardo Jara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cai Cheng Sang charged in rather forcefully in the 44th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cai Cheng Sang the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Cai Cheng Sang kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sven-Åke Granberg to make the kick off. Bennis's Leonardo Jara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tadeusz Tepper in the 57th minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, Bennis's goalkeeper Leonardo Jara had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gong Zhi Peng. Joško Gvardiol made in the 65th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Geraldo Gustafsson immediately put the ball in play. In the 66th minute, Tadeusz Tepper reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Leonardo Jara. The goal made the score 2-2. SuRpRiSe made a substitution. Staf Swings replaced Tadeusz Tepper. SuRpRiSe's Mala Kala was substituted for Feng Yan Fei. The supporters of Bennis booed when SuRpRiSe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Krzysztof Piechocki didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to SuRpRiSe getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Krzysztof Piechocki hit a great ball. Gong Zhi Peng's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Leonardo Jara read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. A collision led to SuRpRiSe getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Geraldo Gustafsson hit a great ball. Bennis's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Staf Swings 90 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 2-3. Joško Gvardiol made in the 92nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Geraldo Gustafsson. Joško Gvardiol's late challenge caught a Bennis's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joško Gvardiol helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, SuRpRiSe's Joško Gvardiol got a free kick in the 93rd minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. SuRpRiSe had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.