World League

Arena ZzZ
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mario Jakobe got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kuuno Tälli in the 3rd minute of play forced Mandalas's goalkeeper Zeca Couve to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zeca Couve took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stig-Åke Gabrielsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Marquinhos Ramalho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dumitru Doloman was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Kuuno Tälli's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zeca Couve was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Dumitru Doloman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marquinhos Ramalho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 16 minutes Viola Invest's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Magno Freitas who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Mandalas's Marquinhos Ramalho to fire away a dangerous shot which Dumitru Doloman despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Zeca Couve made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mario Jakobe in the 18th minute of play. Zeca Couve showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Jakobe, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. A hard shot 22 in the game by Luan Silveira from a close distance when the talented Dumitru Doloman managed to make a qualified save. Viola Invest's players were relieved. An unexpected shot in the 26th minute by Luan Silveira got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Dumitru Doloman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luan Silveira in the 26th minute. Stig-Åke Gabrielsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Zeca Couve tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marquinhos Ramalho in the 32ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dumitru Doloman, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Zeca Couve came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Viola Invest's Stig-Åke Gabrielsson. But to his dismay, Stig-Åke Gabrielsson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. With his leg Dumitru Doloman managed to avoid a goal in the 38thth minute, when Mandalas's Luan Silveira fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 39th minute, Obi Kenobi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dumitru Doloman. The goal made the score 1-1. In the 43rd minute, Mandalas's Mathias Campidelis seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Mathias Campidelis the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Mandalas protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Mathias Campidelis had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 43rd minute, Mathias Campidelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

In the 52nd minute of the match Mandalas got a corner. Viola Invest's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Magno Freitas ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Magno Freitas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dumitru Doloman quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Stig-Åke Gabrielsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Zeca Couve made a huge save. Viola Invest's Stig-Åke Gabrielsson managed to work through Mandalas's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Stig-Åke Gabrielsson dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. In the 57th minute, Stig-Åke Gabrielsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Zeca Couve. The goal made the score 1-2. In the 61st minute of the match, Kuuno Tälli tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Zeca Couve saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Gavril Anghelescu received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zeca Couve came out and tried to block the shot, but Gavril Anghelescu slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 65th minute. Dumitru Doloman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marquinhos Ramalho in the 71st minute of play. Dumitru Doloman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Obi Kenobi, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 79th minute, Luan Silveira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alvin Viru received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Zeca Couve tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 83 minutes into the match, Kuuno Tälli dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Zeca Couve, 1-4. In the 88th minute, Stig-Åke Gabrielsson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 94 minutes into the match, Viola Invest's goal looked a bit too open when Marquinhos Ramalho came free, but Dumitru Doloman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Viola Invest played a much better game than Mandalas and deserved their victory. The Mandalas players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.