World League

CSK
Spectators: 8610 (Terracing: 6458, Seating: 1980, VIP seats: 172) Beek City's Marciano Hendrickx 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marciano Hendrickx in the 9th minute of play forced Med Gang FC's goalkeeper Nils-Erik Jonsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anıl Berk Bülbül made in the 11th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Dimitri Diependaele immediately put the ball in play. Nils-Erik Jonsson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marciano Hendrickx in the 13th minute of the match. Nils-Erik Jonsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marciano Hendrickx, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. After a rather tough play, Beek City's Anıl Berk Bülbül got a free kick in the 17th minute. Svante Wennersten sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 25 minutes, Marciano Hendrickx managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Beek City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marciano Hendrickx was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marciano Hendrickx in the 28th minute of play forced Med Gang FC's goalkeeper Nils-Erik Jonsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Med Gang FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Qi Liang hit a great ball. Anıl Berk Bülbül got a throw-in 35 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Dimitri Diependaele. After taking down the ball on Beek City's corner Stanislaw Rekowski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nils-Erik Jonsson quite easily take care of the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ke Zheng Xing made a kick off. Ke Zheng Xing might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rodriguinho de Castro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ke Zheng Xing ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, Med Gang FC's Nils-Erik Jonsson got control of the ball when Dimitri Diependaele tried to sneak it across the goal line. Heiko Sibon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nils-Erik Jonsson having to interfere. Med Gang FC's Jesper Åkerberg was substituted for Svante Wennersten. Med Gang FC's Cornel Todericiu was substituted for Jan Höijer. In the 72nd minute, Dimitri Diependaele hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute Ke Zheng Xing shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodriguinho de Castro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fransesco Lindwall kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Med Gang FC's Exequiel Zeballos was substituted for Ke Zheng Xing. In the 76th minute, Fransesco Lindwall hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nils-Erik Jonsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Heiko Sibon in the 77th minute of play. In the 80th match minute, Beek City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stanislaw Rekowski to maneuver through the defense. In the 84th minute of the match, Dimitri Diependaele got a very nice opportunity to score, but Nils-Erik Jonsson was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Exequiel Zeballos in the 85th minute of play forced Beek City's goalkeeper Rodriguinho de Castro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nils-Erik Jonsson made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Marciano Hendrickx sent off a good shot on target. Qi Liang's late challenge caught a Beek City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Qi Liang helped the player get up and apologised. After 92 played minutes Med Gang FC got a freekick which was hit by Qi Liang. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Beek City eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.