World League

Estadio Copetonas
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 5739, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Breno da Mata kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, FC ARK CS's goal looked a bit too open when Pompiliu Ciutacu came free, but Nicolas Joey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Copetonas AFC's Baldomero Tajo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Olly Paley, made in the 5th minute of the game. 6 minutes into the match, FC ARK CS's goalkeeper Nicolas Joey had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pompiliu Ciutacu. Marcelo Cordairo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Júlio Severo in the 9th minute of the match. In the 12th minute, Copetonas AFC's Pompiliu Ciutacu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nicolas Joey. Nicolas Joey yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Diego Illan hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Júlio Severo in the 17th minute of play forced Copetonas AFC's goalkeeper Marcelo Cordairo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edgar Lang fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcelo Cordairo having to interfere. Marcelo Cordairo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgar Lang, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 24 minutes into the match, Copetonas AFC's Pompiliu Ciutacu sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nicolas Joey narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Copetonas AFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Epifanio Canor in the 25th minute. The corner ended in Breno da Mata almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC ARK CS's Nicolas Joey did a great save. The throw-in from Noel Elvins in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Copetonas AFC's Diego Illan. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pompiliu Ciutacu got free with Nicolas Joey in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 33rd minute of the match Copetonas AFC got a corner. FC ARK CS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Epifanio Canor ran over to the corner to take the kick. Marcelo Cordairo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damon Gascoigne in the 34th minute of the match. In the 36th minute Breno da Mata shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Joey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, Copetonas AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Sammy Corcoran came free, but Marcelo Cordairo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC ARK CS's Nicolas Joey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Breno da Mata in the 46th minute of play. Epifanio Canor hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. 48 minutes into the match, Copetonas AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Sammy Corcoran came free, but Marcelo Cordairo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Marcelo Cordairo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sammy Corcoran, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 58 minutes into the match, Copetonas AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Damon Gascoigne came free, but Marcelo Cordairo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Damon Gascoigne kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcelo Cordairo. That made the score 1-1 in the 60 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgar Lang in the 69th minute of play forced Copetonas AFC's goalkeeper Marcelo Cordairo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgar Lang in the 71st minute of play forced Copetonas AFC's goalkeeper Marcelo Cordairo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo Cordairo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edgar Lang's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. Marcelo Cordairo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yiğit Hasan in the 76th minute of the match. FC ARK CS's Nicolas Joey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pompiliu Ciutacu in the 77th minute of play. Marcelo Cordairo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Júlio Severo went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Copetonas AFC's Domingo Pedroso was substituted for Casper Fasting. Copetonas AFC's Lucio Fagildo was substituted for Fabio Gimenez. Nicolas Joey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arko Thomaschewski in the 84th minute of play. Copetonas AFC's Marcelo Cordairo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sammy Corcoran in the 86th minute of play. Edgar Lang kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Epifanio Canor, 91 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Marcelo Cordairo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damon Gascoigne in the 94th minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. FC ARK CS had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.