World League

Encanto
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Emánuel Borsó kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes of play, Chinese Flying Dragon's Emánuel Borsó made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nico Tasso was left in no man's land by his defense there! Encanto's Nico Tasso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emánuel Borsó in the 7th minute of play. Fabinho Pernambucano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Giovani Dantas having to make a save. Nico Tasso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emánuel Borsó, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Bernardinho Paes shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Osvaldinho Rocha recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 30th minute, one of Encanto:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Encanto. 31 minutes into the match, Encanto's goal looked a bit too open when Emánuel Borsó came free, but Nico Tasso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chinese Flying Dragon's 齐威鹰 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Gabriel Uefons, made in the 34th minute of the game. 36 minutes into the game, Encanto's Osvaldinho Rocha nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Giovani Dantas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 39th minute, Angelino Bertin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Chinese Flying Dragon's Giovani Dantas got control of the ball when Léo Travassos tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 46th minute Fabinho Pernambucano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giovani Dantas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabinho Pernambucano in the 47th minute of play forced Chinese Flying Dragon's goalkeeper Giovani Dantas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

In the 54thth minute of the game Fabinho Pernambucano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Chinese Flying Dragon's Giovani Dantas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Encanto's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bernardinho Paes in the 55th minute. Fabinho Pernambucano scored 2-1 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giovani Dantas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 60 minutes into the match, Chinese Flying Dragon's goal looked a bit too open when Osvaldinho Rocha came free, but Giovani Dantas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th minute, Osvaldinho Rocha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Encanto fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. When Osvaldinho Rocha came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Encanto fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Osvaldinho Rocha couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Fabinho Pernambucano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Giovani Dantas was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Encanto's Gabriel Uefons managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 秦克傲 in the 76 minute of the game. In the 81st minute, Emánuel Borsó 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. Fabinho Pernambucano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giovani Dantas having to interfere. A collision led to Chinese Flying Dragon getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Abel Arnau hit a great ball. If Fabinho Pernambucano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Giovani Dantas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabinho Pernambucano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chinese Flying Dragon's 秦克傲 managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Bernardinho Paes in the 89 minute of the game. Nico Tasso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emánuel Borsó in the 90th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Chinese Flying Dragon's 雷诚振 got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Emánuel Borsó received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Nico Tasso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Encanto walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.