World League

Ángel Labruna
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Wilfred Vrede made the kick off which started today's match. Belchior Saldanha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from August Wahlnäs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 11th minute Matouš Carda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Belchior Saldanha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Wilfred Vrede came free, but Fausto da Rocha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Wilfred Vrede came free, but Fausto da Rocha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fausto da Rocha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilfred Vrede in the 18th minute of the match. A hard shot 19 in the game by Jan-Olof Eliasson from a close distance when the talented Fausto da Rocha managed to make a qualified save. AFC - Curitiba's players were relieved. A collision led to La Gallardeta getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Argi Jimenez hit a great ball. A hard and well directed shot from Silvio Asier led 22 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. La Gallardeta's Belchior Saldanha became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 0-2. After having played for 25 minutes, Wilfred Vrede managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Gallardeta's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wilfred Vrede was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fausto da Rocha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilfred Vrede, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Belchior Saldanha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rey Pelé in the 30th minute of play. Belchior Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matouš Carda in the 32nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan-Olof Eliasson got free with Fausto da Rocha in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rey Pelé kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. AFC - Curitiba's Fausto da Rocha proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save AFC - Curitiba from getting a goal against them. After 38 played minutes La Gallardeta got a freekick which was hit by Zacarias Paz. With a little luck, AFC - Curitiba's Fausto da Rocha got control of the ball when Jan-Olof Eliasson tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhang Yin Si in the 45th minute of play forced La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Belchior Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zacarias Paz in the 46th minute of play forced AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Fausto da Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

AFC - Curitiba's Romário Ortiz was substituted for Zhang Yin Si. The wind increased when Rey Pelé made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sidnei Alvarenga in the 54th minute of play forced La Gallardeta's goalkeeper Belchior Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Belchior Saldanha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from August Wahlnäs, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Belchior Saldanha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from August Wahlnäs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 57 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Wilfred Vrede came free, but Fausto da Rocha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Belchior Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matouš Carda in the 69th minute of the match. La Gallardeta's Clemente Anaya was substituted for Wilfred Vrede. AFC - Curitiba's Jan Bykowski was substituted for Rey Pelé. Zacarias Paz hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 85th minute, Argi Jimenez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the match, La Gallardeta's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Bykowski came free, but Belchior Saldanha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fausto da Rocha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan-Olof Eliasson in the 91st minute of play. If Clemente Anaya had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. La Gallardeta's Belchior Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Bykowski in the 95th minute of play. The AFC - Curitiba players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.