Red Mountain Arena
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 111,
Seating: 34, VIP seats: 2) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when David Bemabe got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Joga Bonito's Johnny Ba Loua nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Shen Yi Yuan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Shen Yi Yuan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andy Symons, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Urtsin Azcarate got free with Artur Boruc in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 10 minutes of play, Joga Bonito's Alejo Eleazar made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Shen Yi Yuan was left in no man's land by his defense there! 15 minutes into the match, Ludomil Czaplicki notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Goblins F.C.'s Shen Yi Yuan. Shen Yi Yuan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Shen Yi Yuan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alejo Eleazar's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. Shen Yi Yuan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Bemabe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 21 minutes into the game, Joga Bonito's David Bemabe nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Shen Yi Yuan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. In the 23rd minute David Bemabe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shen Yi Yuan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After taking down the ball on Joga Bonito's corner David Bemabe fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Shen Yi Yuan quite easily take care of the ball. After 25 minutes Goblins F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was David Bemabe who took care of the corner kick. Joga Bonito's David Bemabe was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Shen Yi Yuan in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 27th minute Alejo Eleazar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Shen Yi Yuan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 29th minute, David Bemabe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Shen Yi Yuan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Shen Yi Yuan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from David Bemabe, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Andy Symons kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. 38 minutes into the match, Goblins F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Ludomil Czaplicki came free, but Shen Yi Yuan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Shen Yi Yuan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ludomil Czaplicki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Shen Yi Yuan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ludomil Czaplicki, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Shen Yi Yuan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejo Eleazar in the 46th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jorg Pieters was the one to do the kick off. David Bemabe scored 0-6 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Shen Yi Yuan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, David Bemabe managed to get in a good position for a shot. Joga Bonito's supporters rose to their feet, but David Bemabe was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Shen Yi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Shen Yi Yuan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ludomil Czaplicki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Joga Bonito's Ludomil Czaplicki managed to work through Goblins F.C.'s defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Ludomil Czaplicki dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. After 60th play minutes Ludomil Czaplicki shot 0-7, a short shot which went by Shen Yi Yuan and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 63rd minute, David Bemabe reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Shen Yi Yuan. The goal made the score 0-8. Artur Boruc made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Urtsin Azcarate in the 67th minute of play. Shen Yi Yuan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ludomil Czaplicki, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ludomil Czaplicki in the 71st minute of play forced Goblins F.C.'s goalkeeper Shen Yi Yuan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Goblins F.C.'s Shen Yi Yuan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Goblins F.C. from getting a goal against them. Through an outstanding action, after 76 minutes, Shen Yi Yuan successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Shen Yi Yuan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Bemabe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Willian Carioca's late challenge caught a Joga Bonito's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Willian Carioca helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Joga Bonito booed when Goblins F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Willian Carioca didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 80th minute, Edmund Wiatrak ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Shen Yi Yuan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. Goblins F.C.'s goalkeeper couldn't reach when David Bemabe 88 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-10. Goblins F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 91st minute, when Alejo Eleazar scored to the left of an out of position Shen Yi Yuan, making the score, 0-11. Andy Symons received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Shen Yi Yuan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joga Bonito played a much better game than Goblins F.C. and deserved their victory. The Goblins F.C. players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.
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