World League

La Villa
Spectators: 8501 (Terracing: 6377, Seating: 1955, VIP seats: 169) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mikolaj Giertych made the kick off which started today's match. Mikolaj Giertych blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alfredinho Gerber having to make a save. Alfredinho Gerber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mikolaj Giertych in the 4th minute of play. Mikolaj Giertych blasted a shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Alfredinho Gerber having to make a save. Alfredinho Gerber made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Mikolaj Giertych sent off a good shot on target. 8 minutes into the match, Mikolaj Giertych dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alfredinho Gerber, 1-0. In the 14thth minute of the game Sergio Mustafa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Kang Ying Hai was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mikolaj Giertych in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alfredinho Gerber saved C.U.E. DE COMERCIO from getting behind. Sergio Mustafa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Kang Ying Hai having to make a save. In the 25th minute Sergio Mustafa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kang Ying Hai saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Ramiro Lleir in the 30th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Sebastião Gentiletti. After a rather tough play, C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Marcos Senesi got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Mikolaj Giertych recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 35 minutes into the match, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Mikolaj Giertych sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alfredinho Gerber narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 36th minute ..Villa Rugby Club.. were awarded a corner. Max Feldthaus went to the cornerflag to take it. A sloppy throw-in by Betão Veiga in the 44th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Max Feldthaus. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Alfredinho Gerber proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 47th minute of the match, managed to save C.U.E. DE COMERCIO from getting a goal against them. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Sergio Mustafa made the kick off in the second half. Mikolaj Giertych recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Kang Ying Hai got control of the ball when Xian J.J. tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 61st minute of the match C.U.E. DE COMERCIO got a corner. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Seb Gentiletti ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 65th minute, C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Salvador Romano ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kang Ying Hai. Kang Ying Hai yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. ..Villa Rugby Club.. made a substitution. Olaf Cebula replaced Mikolaj Giertych. Alfredinho Gerber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olaf Cebula in the 71st minute of play. Alfredinho Gerber showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daavid Uitto, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. After 81 minutes C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daavid Uitto who took care of the corner kick. The corner led ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Max Feldthaus to fire away a dangerous shot which Alfredinho Gerber despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's attentive Seb Gentiletti managed to snatch the ball when Max Feldthaus made a throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game. Alfredinho Gerber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flavio Perez in the 86th minute of play. If Salvador Romano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Kang Ying Hai managed to avoid a goal in the 92ndth minute, when C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Salvador Romano fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 94 minutes into the match, Flavio Perez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alfredinho Gerber. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Flavio Perez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.