World League

Arena Barboza
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Felipe Santos made the kick off which started today's match. Relyn Futebol Clube's Durval Marinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Avery Novak in the 2nd minute of play. Felipe Santos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rosendo Oinatz firmly grabbed it by the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as Felipe Santos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rosendo Oinatz. That made the score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. Durval Marinho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Haaland, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Durval Marinho didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when StrikerS™'s Rogério Vidal shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 18th minute, Felipe Santos reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rosendo Oinatz. The goal made the score 2-1. Xie Ying Cheng made in the 21st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Carlos Falcão however managed to control. StrikerS™'s Rosendo Oinatz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save StrikerS™ from getting a goal against them. StrikerS™'s Rosendo Oinatz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Santos in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Haaland in the 29th minute of play forced Relyn Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Durval Marinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute of the game Xie Ying Cheng made a throw-in which Carlos Falcão played forward. 36 minutes into the match, Fábio Silva notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Relyn Futebol Clube's Durval Marinho. Durval Marinho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A hard shot 39 in the game by Felipe Santos from a close distance when the talented Rosendo Oinatz managed to make a qualified save. StrikerS™'s players were relieved. Durval Marinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rogério Vidal in the 44th minute of play. With a little luck, StrikerS™'s Rosendo Oinatz got control of the ball when Felipe Santos tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 47 played minutes StrikerS™ got a freekick which was hit by Xie Ying Cheng. StrikerS™'s Rosendo Oinatz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Santos in the 48th minute of play. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rogério Vidal was the one to do the kick off. 55 minutes into the game, Avery Novak cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Durval Marinho was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Raimundo Faria came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Relyn Futebol Clube fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Raimundo Faria couldn't finish the play. Rosendo Oinatz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Felipe Santos went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. Felipe Santos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rosendo Oinatz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 72nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felipe Santos in the 75th minute of play forced StrikerS™'s goalkeeper Rosendo Oinatz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Felipe Santos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rosendo Oinatz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Felipe Santos in the 83rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rosendo Oinatz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 84 minutes into the match, StrikerS™'s goal looked a bit too open when Felipe Santos came free, but Rosendo Oinatz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felipe Santos took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rosendo Oinatz. Rosendo Oinatz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-3. Durval Marinho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastião Almeida in the 87th minute of the match. 88 minutes had been played when some careless play by Relyn Futebol Clube's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rogério Vidal was slow to take the kick. During this time StrikerS™'s players had a chance to rest. StrikerS™'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.