World League

Mineirão
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) RED BULL MILANO TEAM's Ludomil Watarz 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 4 played minutes RED BULL MILANO TEAM got a freekick which was hit by Pawel Kaczeniak. After a rather tough play, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Isidro Ferman got a free kick in the 6th minute. 13 minutes into the game, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's 余永川 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcelino Atarrabi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by 彭镇冰 in the 15th minute of play forced Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Arthur Bufi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Arthur Bufi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 彭镇冰 in the 21st minute of play. Arthur Bufi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ludomil Watarz in the 23rd minute of the match. Gwidon Cwojdak hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. 余永川 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 37th minute Ludomil Watarz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arthur Bufi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pedro Paulo Dante during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

A sloppy throw-in by Michael Eichenberger in the 52nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Ye Hong Shi. Ye Hong Shi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 58 minutes into the match, 余永川 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcelino Atarrabi. RED BULL MILANO TEAM's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 余永川 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 62nd minute, Ludomil Watarz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arthur Bufi was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Ludomil Watarz kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Cristi Saron was substituted for Oswaldo Maranhense. After a rather tough play, RED BULL MILANO TEAM's Ludomil Watarz got a free kick in the 74th minute. Ludomil Watarz's late challenge caught a Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ludomil Watarz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th minute, Ludomil Watarz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube made a substitution. Olavo Quadros replaced Enrique de Mendonça. In the 79th minute, Ludomil Watarz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Rigoberto Abad fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored RED BULL MILANO TEAM's protests and gave Rigoberto Abad a yellow card for diving instead. Rigoberto Abad hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. In the 81st minute of the match Luiz Guilherme Cearense sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marcelino Atarrabi skillfully saved the ball. In the 84th minute, 余永川 got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 彭镇冰 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 86th minute of the match, but Arthur Bufi made a huge save. If Ludomil Watarz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Olavo Quadros hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's Arthur Bufi got control of the ball when 彭镇冰 tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cruzeiro Esporte Clube's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.