World League

λrena dos Bꮻleirꮻs
Spectators: 7761 (Terracing: 5822, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 154) λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's Rodolfo Gerber 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. After 2 played minutes Bruce Lee F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Tomás Faria. Iker Yashin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rodolfo Gerber in the 3rd minute. 6 minutes into the match, λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's Rodolfo Gerber sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Iker Yashin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 7 minutes into the match, Bruce Lee F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Rodolfo Gerber came free, but Iker Yashin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 11th minute Carmelo Muno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krzysztof Galagan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luís Fernando de Salles was slow to take the kick. During this time Bruce Lee F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. A collision led to λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Bresal McPhil hit a great ball. Bruce Lee F.C.'s Zé Augusto do Nascimento got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 30th minute, Zé Augusto do Nascimento ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Krzysztof Galagan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Horacio Nuñez got free with Iker Yashin in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 38th match minute, λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 毛俊亦 to maneuver through the defense. 42 minutes into the match, Sulev Antsov notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's Krzysztof Galagan. Krzysztof Galagan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The wind increased when Zé Augusto do Nascimento made the kick off in the second half. Bruce Lee F.C.'s Iker Yashin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abelardo Koehler in the 57th minute of play. After 58 minutes, Eric Skagen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR and the Bruce Lee F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 58 played minutes λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR got a freekick which was hit by Eric Skagen. In the 64th minute, λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Lauro Carneiro fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 69th minute, Sulev Antsov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bruce Lee F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Tomás Faria might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Krzysztof Galagan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tomás Faria ran back to his position shaking his head. 76 minutes had been played when some careless play by λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luís Fernando de Salles was slow to take the kick. During this time Bruce Lee F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. In the 87th minute Abelardo Koehler shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iker Yashin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 90 minutes of play, λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's Abelardo Koehler made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iker Yashin was left in no man's land by his defense there! Abelardo Koehler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Iker Yashin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 97th match minute, Bruce Lee F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomás Faria to maneuver through the defense. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Bruce Lee F.C. eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.