World League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 7658 (Terracing: 5745, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Merlin Castro kicked off to start the match. Jermaine Richmond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bruninho Brito in the 2nd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Tigran Kirakosyan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Emerson Ferraz. That made the score 1-0 in the 4 minute of play. The throw-in from Ervin Huber in the 6th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Milanis E.C.'s Isiah Hinkle. Jermaine Richmond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anthimos Tsoulkas in the 9th minute of the match. Merlin Castro might have been able to make a better finish in the 10th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Emerson Ferraz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Merlin Castro ran back to his position shaking his head. Jermaine Richmond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anthimos Tsoulkas in the 13th minute of the match. In the 14th minute Milanis E.C. were awarded a corner. Anthimos Tsoulkas went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Anthimos Tsoulkas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jermaine Richmond quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Tigran Kirakosyan came free with the goalkeeper in the 19th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Emerson Ferraz could save by the left post. Tigran Kirakosyan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Emerson Ferraz made a huge save. A collision led to Milanis E.C. getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Paşa Mau hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Merlin Castro in the 33rd minute of play forced Milanis E.C.'s goalkeeper Emerson Ferraz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Milanis E.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Merlin Castro came free, but Emerson Ferraz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Bruninho Brito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Khachatryan's Jermaine Richmond played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruninho Brito in the 39th minute of play. Toninho de Moraes struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Jermaine Richmond didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Milanis E.C.. 44 minutes into the match, Milanis E.C.'s goalkeeper Emerson Ferraz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sung McKinley. After 45 played minutes Milanis E.C. got a freekick which was hit by Júnior Baiano. A collision led to Milanis E.C. getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Antonio Di Natale hit a great ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anthimos Tsoulkas to make the kick off. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Ervin Huber hit a great ball. Milanis E.C.'s Emerson Ferraz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Merlin Castro in the 59th minute of play. Khachatryan made a substitution. Antoine Schaefer replaced Zé Augusto Souza. After 61 played minutes Milanis E.C. got a freekick which was hit by Antonio Di Natale. 62 minutes into the game, Khachatryan's Merlin Castro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emerson Ferraz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. After 67 minutes of play, Khachatryan's Merlin Castro made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Emerson Ferraz was left in no man's land by his defense there! A hard shot 72 in the game by Anthimos Tsoulkas from a close distance when the talented Jermaine Richmond managed to make a qualified save. Khachatryan's players were relieved. Merlin Castro scored 5-0 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Emerson Ferraz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anthimos Tsoulkas got free with Jermaine Richmond in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anthimos Tsoulkas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Emerson Ferraz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merlin Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthimos Tsoulkas in the 86th minute of play forced Khachatryan's goalkeeper Jermaine Richmond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khachatryan's Tigran Kirakosyan got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Merlin Castro in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emerson Ferraz saved Milanis E.C. from getting behind. Anthimos Tsoulkas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the referee ended the match the Khachatryan players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.