World League

Arena Black Bird
Spectators: 7754 (Terracing: 5817, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Raul Elazar got the match started through his kick off. Lex Academy's attentive Fausto Castulo managed to snatch the ball when Léo Porto made a throw-in in the 13th minute of the game. In the 13th minute, Bernardo Novaes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fábio Chițan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Tomáš Houdek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jim Roussel in the 19th minute. In the 20th minute of the match Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ got a corner. Lex Academy's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Isaac Carrillo ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Isaac Carrillo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Tomáš Houdek quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Fábio Chițan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardo Novaes in the 23rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo Novaes in the 29th minute of play forced Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's goalkeeper Fábio Chițan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Léo Porto hit a great ball. 34 minutes into the match, Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's goal looked a bit too open when Bernardo Novaes came free, but Fábio Chițan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, Lex Academy's Bernardo Novaes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fábio Chițan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Fábio Chițan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardo Novaes in the 42nd minute of play. After 44 played minutes Lex Academy got a freekick which was hit by Paco Arzola. In the 45th minute of the match Isaac Carrillo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tomáš Houdek skillfully saved the ball. The supporters of Lex Academy booed when Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Léo Porto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fábio Chițan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardo Novaes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bernardo Novaes to make the kick off. Pablo Gombal struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Tomáš Houdek didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ. In the 65th minute Jim Roussel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomáš Houdek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th minute, Bernardo Novaes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fábio Chițan was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Lex Academy's Otmar Schovánek was substituted for Radomir Wyrostek. Fábio Chițan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernardo Novaes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lex Academy's Leo Štengl was substituted for Fausto Castulo. Miloslav Krupička received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Fábio Chițan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 85 minutes Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Roman Jursa who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Miloslav Krupička managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Pablo Gombal recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fábio Chițan was out of position in the 89 minute of play, and Bernardo Novaes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Bernardo Novaes really showed his touch with that goal: 1-5. Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ's Fábio Chițan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardo Novaes in the 94th minute of play. Bernardo Novaes succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-6 in the 97th playminute. The Black Bird United ƘԼƛƝ supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Lex Academy's performance. The match ended with a win for Lex Academy.