World League

Estádio Fernanda LRS
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Matungo Gaúcho's Josué Pinheiro 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. Matungo Gaúcho's Ademir Baptista played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Panagiotis Savvas in the 3rd minute of play. If Gilmar Borges had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 9 minutes into the match, nRdLiFe's goal looked a bit too open when Celedonio Florinio came free, but Meng Ke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 10th minute, Celedonio Florinio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes into the game, Songur Mirza cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Ademir Baptista was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Meng Ke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Josué Pinheiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Josué Pinheiro got free with Meng Ke in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 20th minute Dündar Ozansu suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. 20 minutes into the game, Juan Simon was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Matungo Gaúcho's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave nRdLiFe the free kick. In the 21st match minute, Matungo Gaúcho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Juan Simon to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd minute Jean-Marc Hidalgo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ademir Baptista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilmar Borges in the 24th minute of play forced nRdLiFe's goalkeeper Meng Ke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Meng Ke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilmar Borges, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Panagiotis Savvas kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. Meng Ke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josué Pinheiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. In the 27th minute of the match Matungo Gaúcho got a corner. nRdLiFe's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gilmar Borges ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Gilmar Borges almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but nRdLiFe's Meng Ke did a great save. In the 32ndth minute of the game Alim Karaman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Matungo Gaúcho's Ademir Baptista was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. nRdLiFe's Meng Ke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilmar Borges in the 34th minute of play. Meng Ke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gilmar Borges, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 37 minutes into the match, nRdLiFe's goalkeeper Meng Ke had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Celedonio Florinio. Ademir Baptista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alim Karaman in the 41st minute of the match. Ademir Baptista didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alim Karaman went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Ahmet Orhan Toycan got free with Ademir Baptista in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 57th minute, Celedonio Florinio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Meng Ke was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-2. Marcinho Sena scored 4-2 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Meng Ke, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. nRdLiFe's Meng Ke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Josué Pinheiro in the 73rd minute of play. Meng Ke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celedonio Florinio, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Henk van Putten kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, Matungo Gaúcho's goal looked a bit too open when Alim Karaman came free, but Ademir Baptista reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute, 龙森景 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ademir Baptista took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alim Karaman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Josué Pinheiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, nRdLiFe's Jean-Marc Hidalgo got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Gilmar Borges took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 92nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Meng Ke. nRdLiFe's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ademir Baptista was a little too slow when Alim Karaman got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 96th minute. The score was now 4-3. Matungo Gaúcho's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.