World League

Estadio da Luz
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. John Donnelly started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the TibaDons defense, Emilian Zgabei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pepe Le Petit. The TibaDons fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pepe Le Petit should have stopped the shot. TibaDons's Christian Fenton got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, TibaDons's Dennis Bellomo got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 12th minute, Emilian Zgabei reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pepe Le Petit. The goal made the score 2-0. 16 minutes into the match, Collin Grimm had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pepe Le Petit. TibaDons's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Collin Grimm was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. In the 20th minute, Pierce Gerrard got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to Sport Lisboa e Benfica getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Jacinto Vela hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers John Donnelly in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Herb Good saved Sport Lisboa e Benfica from getting behind. In the 24th minute Pierce Gerrard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Herb Good saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goal looked a bit too open when Pierce Gerrard came free, but Herb Good reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute Emilian Zgabei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pepe Le Petit saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Herb Good played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ian Emander in the 28th minute of play. Emilian Zgabei's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pepe Le Petit read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. In the 45th minute, Du Lei Bin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

Dennis Bellomo made in the 51st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Ian Emander however managed to control. In the 51st minute Emilian Zgabei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pepe Le Petit saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Herb Good got control of the ball when Ian Emander tried to sneak it across the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goal looked a bit too open when Emilian Zgabei came free, but Pepe Le Petit reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind TibaDons's goalkeeper Pepe Le Petit, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to TibaDons getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Dennis Bellomo hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the game, Emilian Zgabei cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Pepe Le Petit was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Herb Good proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save Sport Lisboa e Benfica from getting a goal against them. 75 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Emilian Zgabei sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pepe Le Petit narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 77 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Emilian Zgabei sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pepe Le Petit narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Emilian Zgabei had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 81st minute Emilian Zgabei shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pepe Le Petit saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pepe Le Petit showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilian Zgabei, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Kamilo Glik was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 84 minutes into the match. 84 minutes into the game, one of TibaDons:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Dennis Bellomo hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. TibaDons's Pepe Le Petit played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilian Zgabei in the 90th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goal looked a bit too open when Garland Noël came free, but Pepe Le Petit reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 98 minutes, Emilian Zgabei put it in 7-0 from a short distance just to the right of Pepe Le Petit.