World League

Pirsus Arena
Spectators: 5660 (Terracing: 4500, Seating: 1150, VIP seats: 10) Pirsus's Giuliano Spiller started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 2 minutes into the game, GeRaÇãO-83's Ren Jie Fan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Igor Eigel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Tiberius Grossmann hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Igor Eigel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ren Jie Fan in the 6th minute of play. Griffin Cinq-Mars hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. 11 minutes into the game, Tiberius Grossmann threw the ball into play from the sideline. GeRaÇãO-83's Rômulo Veiga quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The throw-in from Tiberius Grossmann in the 12th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by GeRaÇãO-83's Stig Sandström. Donald Niens's late challenge caught a GeRaÇãO-83's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Donald Niens helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of GeRaÇãO-83 booed when Pirsus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Donald Niens didn't get a good kick on the ball. Igor Eigel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Billy Backman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20th minute, Carl Ancelotti left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Igor Eigel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carl Ancelotti, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. When the match clock showed 24 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Ren Jie Fan sped through Pirsus's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Igor Eigel. The GeRaÇãO-83 fans' excitement grew in the 26th match minute when GeRaÇãO-83's Ren Jie Fan looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pirsus's goalkeeper Igor Eigel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The supporters of GeRaÇãO-83 booed when Pirsus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Griffin Cinq-Mars didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luiz Fabiano Duarte scored 0-7 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Igor Eigel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Pirsus's Lionel Faoccia got a free kick in the 45th minute. Igor Eigel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ren Jie Fan, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After some careless play in the Pirsus defense, Ren Jie Fan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Igor Eigel. The Pirsus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Igor Eigel should have stopped the shot. The Pirsus players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. GeRaÇãO-83 were winning 0-8.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Didi Couto made a kick off. Lionel Faoccia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Giuliano Spiller hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. When Robinho Freire in the 71st play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Igor Eigel kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 0-9 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. In the 75th minute Percy Ziegler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guto Jacinto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 76 minutes into the match, GeRaÇãO-83's Robinho Freire sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Igor Eigel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. GeRaÇãO-83's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Billy Backman in the 77th minute. Billy Backman made a great header on GeRaÇãO-83's corner, it was just that Pirsus's Igor Eigel managed to reach the ball for a save. Guto Jacinto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Percy Ziegler, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Guto Jacinto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Percy Ziegler in the 84th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Robinho Freire's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Igor Eigel was relentless in the 87th minute of the game.