League

Palestra Itália
Spectators: 10864 (Terracing: 8149, Seating: 2499, VIP seats: 216) Aloísio Lima started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Baykan Erincer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aloísio Lima in the 3rd minute of play. Truman Harrington showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kazimierz Traczewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Song Qian Wei hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. 23 minutes into the game, PALMEIRAS-UTAH's 曲骋威 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Baykan Erincer made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 曲骋威 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Baykan Erincer made a huge save. PALMEIRAS-UTAH's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dominik Olchawa in the 30th minute. Akakios Kountouratzis kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Garth Burrell scored 1-1 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Truman Harrington, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kazimierz Traczewski was the one to do the kick off. Truman Harrington was a little too slow when Kazimierz Traczewski got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 53rd minute. The score was now 1-2. Baykan Erincer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Pirani in the 63rd minute of play. Truman Harrington made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Garth Burrell sent off a good shot on target. Garth Burrells short, quick shot in the 65thth minute got Truman Harrington to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dominik Olchawa in the 67th minute of play forced DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's goalkeeper Baykan Erincer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 68 minutes into the game, Garth Burrell cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Truman Harrington was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO made a substitution. Joey Tribbiani replaced Akakios Kountouratzis. After a rather tough play, DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Faustão Secco got a free kick in the 74th minute. Baykan Erincer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dominik Olchawa in the 76th minute of the match. Paulo Renato Correia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Truman Harrington made a huge save. Garth Burrells short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Truman Harrington to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Garth Burrell, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 79 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Truman Harrington was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. In the 82nd minute Rod West shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Truman Harrington saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bailey Kerns in the 85th minute of play forced DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's goalkeeper Baykan Erincer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Truman Harrington showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rod West, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Truman Harrington was a little too slow when Joey Tribbiani got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 89th minute. The score was now 1-4. Truman Harrington made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rod West in the 92nd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Garth Burrell slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Truman Harrington. That made the score 1-5 after 96 minutes of play. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.