World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7583 (Terracing: 5688, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. John Eriksson started the match with the kick off. 2 minutes into the game, Hugo Sá threw the ball into play from the sideline. Here Comes the Hammer's Yu Xiong Yan quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carlinhos Félix in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Daniel Chaves saved Dragões Barbudos FC from getting behind. Charles Björkqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernando Gomes in the 5th minute of the match. Charles Björkqvist came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Dragões Barbudos FC's Fernando Gomes. But to his dismay, Fernando Gomes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Carlinhos Félix could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Daniel Chaves made a huge save. In the 19th minute of the match Dragões Barbudos FC got a corner. Here Comes the Hammer's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Thomas Semeloglou ran over to the corner to take the kick. A very nice done corner allowed Fernando Gomes to score against Charles Björkqvist in Here Comes the Hammer's goal. 0-2 after 19 minutes. After having played for 23 minutes, John Eriksson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Here Comes the Hammer's supporters crossed their fingers, but John Eriksson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Babür Kongurtay scored 0-4 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Charles Björkqvist, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 35 minutes into the game, John Eriksson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Here Comes the Hammer's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dragões Barbudos FC the free kick. John Eriksson kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. After 38 minutes of play, Dragões Barbudos FC's Fernando Gomes made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Charles Björkqvist was left in no man's land by his defense there! Emil Paulin kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match.

The wind increased when Idalécio Baldaia made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Babür Kongurtay got free with Charles Björkqvist in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 56th minute, Fernando Gomes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dragões Barbudos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. Daniel Chaves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from John Eriksson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Murilo Maranhense kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Thomas Semeloglou in the 69th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Here Comes the Hammer's Yu Xiong Yan. Carlinhos Félix blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Daniel Chaves having to make a save. In the 71st minute Carlinhos Félix shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Chaves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Here Comes the Hammer made a substitution. Gustav Larsfelt replaced Lei Lei Feng. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Here Comes the Hammer's goalkeeper Charles Björkqvist, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Dragões Barbudos FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Thomas Semeloglou in the 83rd minute. After taking down the ball on Dragões Barbudos FC's corner Thomas Semeloglou fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Charles Björkqvist quite easily take care of the ball. After 86 played minutes Dragões Barbudos FC got a freekick which was hit by Babür Kongurtay. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlinhos Félix in the 88th minute of play forced Dragões Barbudos FC's goalkeeper Daniel Chaves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Charles Björkqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Idalécio Baldaia, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Daniel Chaves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from John Eriksson went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-6 was the resulting score. Dragões Barbudos FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.