World League

Morumbi de Uberaba
Spectators: 7728 (Terracing: 5797, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Edson Futebol Clube's Heleno de Freitas 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. Anthon Billing took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Heleno de Freitas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Dan Bolin managed to get in a good position for a shot. STARGARD FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Dan Bolin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Paul Christini breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 13 minutes into the match, Edson Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Erlin Haaland came free, but Paul Christini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edson Futebol Clube's Paul Christini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyrre Bergem in the 15th minute of play. Anthon Billing showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Heleno de Freitas, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Paul Christini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dan Bolin, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by STARGARD FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Panos Karkantos was slow to take the kick. During this time Edson Futebol Clube's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Lucas Hulk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Anthon Billing quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Paul Christini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dan Bolin in the 30th minute of the match. Anthon Billing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ernesto Fontes in the 33rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heleno de Freitas in the 34th minute of play forced STARGARD FC's goalkeeper Anthon Billing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paul Christini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erlin Haaland in the 40th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kyrre Bergem in the 41st minute of play forced Edson Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Paul Christini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 45 minutes, Panos Karkantos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Edson Futebol Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Panos Karkantos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dan Bolin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Anthon Billing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Heleno de Freitas in the 53rd minute of play. In the 56th minute STARGARD FC were awarded a corner. Marian Munteanu went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on STARGARD FC's corner Richárd Nyilasi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Paul Christini quite easily take care of the ball. In the 58thth minute of the game Heleno de Freitas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but STARGARD FC's Anthon Billing was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Paul Christini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyrre Bergem in the 59th minute of the match. The Edson Futebol Clube fans' excitement grew in the 60th match minute when Edson Futebol Clube's Heleno de Freitas looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After having played for 63 minutes, Heleno de Freitas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Edson Futebol Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Heleno de Freitas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Anthon Billing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Hulk in the 68th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 71 minutes, Paul Christini successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Anthon Billing didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Heleno de Freitas went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Edson Futebol Clube made a substitution. Tuncay Şanlı replaced Dumitru Albulescu. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Fontes in the 77th minute of play forced STARGARD FC's goalkeeper Anthon Billing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dan Bolin got free with Paul Christini in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Heleno de Freitas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anthon Billing was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Heleno de Freitas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Anthon Billing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dan Bolin in the 85th minute of play forced Edson Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Paul Christini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute Kyrre Bergem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Christini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Edson Futebol Clube's Dorian Sena got a free kick in the 89th minute. Leo Repplinger charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leo Repplinger the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Anthon Billing made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Heleno de Freitas in the 96th minute of play. A collision led to STARGARD FC getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Leo Repplinger hit a great ball. Ernesto Fontes's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Anthon Billing read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 98th minute of play.