World League

Arena do Gigante
Spectators: 8115 (Terracing: 6088, Seating: 1866, VIP seats: 161) UPTEXTIL.COM's Cüneyt Berksoy started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Sportivo Luan Toro's Robert Davison proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save Sportivo Luan Toro from getting a goal against them. Robert Davison showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Ruisko in the 7th minute of the match. After 9 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sportivo Luan Toro! After a rather tough play, UPTEXTIL.COM's Belchior Mamatov got a free kick in the 17th minute. The audience was convinced that Paolo Ruisko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Robert Davison was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Belchior Mamatov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Robert Davison made a huge save. Cüneyt Berksoy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Robert Davison made a huge save. Through an outstanding action, after 34 minutes, Robert Davison successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Paolo Ruisko could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Robert Davison made a huge save. A collision led to Sportivo Luan Toro getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Benjamin Sundin hit a great ball. The supporters of UPTEXTIL.COM booed when Sportivo Luan Toro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramiro Eufrasio didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Zé Paulo Queirós came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the UPTEXTIL.COM fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Zé Paulo Queirós couldn't finish the play. After 45 played minutes Sportivo Luan Toro got a freekick which was hit by Ramiro Eufrasio. UPTEXTIL.COM's Pontus Hjortberg shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 46th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Robert Davison but with some difficulty. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Olli Fiedler received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Mateus Cruz came out and tried to block the shot, but Olli Fiedler slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 64th minute. Sportivo Luan Toro made a substitution. Justino Roland replaced Alberto Fidencio. UPTEXTIL.COM made a substitution. Hugo do Valle replaced Zé Paulo Queirós. Sportivo Luan Toro's Martins Palermo was substituted for Olli Fiedler. Mário Maldini got a throw-in 70 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Belchior Mamatov. Robert Davison took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pontus Hjortberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Mateus Cruz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cüneyt Berksoy in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Robert Davison saved Sportivo Luan Toro from getting behind. Robert Davison took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doğuhan Yasun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. UPTEXTIL.COM's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pontus Hjortberg in the 82nd minute. Sportivo Luan Toro's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ramiro Eufrasio in the 85th minute. The corner led to Sportivo Luan Toro's Ricardo Mendez getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Mário Maldini made in the 88th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Mingo Camats. Robert Davison made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Ødegaard in the 91st minute of play. Hugo do Valle kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paolo Ruisko in the 96th minute of play forced Sportivo Luan Toro's goalkeeper Robert Davison to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 97 minutes into the match, Sportivo Luan Toro's goal looked a bit too open when Paolo Ruisko came free, but Robert Davison reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Sportivo Luan Toro players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented UPTEXTIL.COM from taking control. The game ends in a draw.