World League

Monumental
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) 3 minutes into the match, Santos da Bahia Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Nereo Argina came free, but Minh Banana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 5 minutes into the game, Erik Lund cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Minh Banana was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nereo Argina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 13 minutes into the match, Nereo Argina dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Minh Banana, 3-0. Lisa Simpson kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Santos da Bahia Fc's Anísio Cunha got a free kick in the 19th minute. 20 minutes into the game, River's Erik Lund nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Minh Banana made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Gaetan Slaghmeulders scored 5-0 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Minh Banana, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Santos da Bahia Fc getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Fred Vaz hit a great ball. Minh Banana was a little too slow when Gaetan Slaghmeulders got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 30th minute. The score was now 6-0. A collision led to Santos da Bahia Fc getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Bala Mole hit a great ball. 37 minutes into the match, Santos da Bahia Fc's goalkeeper Minh Banana had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Erik Lund. After a rather tough play, River's Nereo Argina got a free kick in the 43rd minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Artur Valle to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, River's Nereo Argina got a free kick in the 50th minute. Gaetan Slaghmeulders hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. After 59 minutes of play, River's Erik Lund made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Minh Banana was left in no man's land by his defense there! Minh Banana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Erik Lund, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 68th minute, Gaetan Slaghmeulders made a precise shot to the right of Minh Banana. Santos da Bahia Fc's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. Cosme Fernendo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdemar Pena in the 72nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, River's Gaetan Slaghmeulders got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 78th minute, Aurelio Txema hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. River's Cosme Fernendo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdemar Pena in the 79th minute of play. Bala Mole hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Valle in the 89th minute of play forced River's goalkeeper Cosme Fernendo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute Wilfried Van Cauwenberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Minh Banana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Silvestre Laurgain kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Erik Lund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Minh Banana tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.