World League

Arena Ariranha City
Spectators: 7596 (Terracing: 5698, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cristóvão Mattos made the kick off which started today's match. Cristóvão Mattos came free with the goalkeeper in the 4th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Adolfo Grau could save by the left post. A collision led to deportivo madrid getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Rafa Silva hit a great ball. In the 18th minute Cristóvão Mattos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adolfo Grau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adolfo Grau came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Paranhos Ariranha FC's Cristóvão Mattos. But to his dismay, Cristóvão Mattos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Gaspar Gilesindo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Slipetskyi in the 26th minute of play. Cristóvão Mattos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Adolfo Grau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristóvão Mattos in the 32nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Paranhos Ariranha FC's zone, Filip Slipetskyi stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gaspar Gilesindo came out of the goal and Filip Slipetskyi tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 38 played minutes Paranhos Ariranha FC got a freekick which was hit by Abel Maia. 42 minutes into the match, deportivo madrid's goalkeeper Adolfo Grau had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cristóvão Mattos. Filip Slipetskyi's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gaspar Gilesindo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 44th minute of play. In the 47th minute, Pieter-Maarten Specht hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paranhos Ariranha FC made a substitution. Honorato Afonso replaced Guillermo Baleren. In the 48th match minute, Paranhos Ariranha FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pieter-Maarten Specht to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Filip Slipetskyi to make the kick off. Adolfo Grau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristóvão Mattos, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. deportivo madrid made a substitution. Alfonso Quin replaced Filip Slipetskyi. After 60 played minutes Paranhos Ariranha FC got a freekick which was hit by Emanuele Hottiger. In the 65th minute Cristóvão Mattos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adolfo Grau saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alfonso Quin might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gaspar Gilesindo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alfonso Quin ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Paranhos Ariranha FC's goalkeeper Gaspar Gilesindo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 71st minute, Alfonso Quin reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Gaspar Gilesindo. The goal made the score 1-1. Adolfo Grau took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristóvão Mattos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adolfo Grau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuele Hottiger in the 90th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Anísio Duarte in the 94th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by deportivo madrid's Ali Faruk Atılay. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Paranhos Ariranha FC had won after a very even match.