World League

Jurong East Stadium
Spectators: 7625 (Terracing: 5720, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) ARAUCARIA FC's Tostão de Queirós 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. Oséias Fantini showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Belém, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Amir Hui hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Oséias Fantini made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Diego Belém sent off a good shot on target. Oséias Fantini made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Alexander Tan sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, ARAUCARIA FC's Oséias Fantini got control of the ball when Diego Belém tried to sneak it across the goal line. 16 minutes into the match, Albirex Niigata FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lukács Madaras came free, but 俞冰帆 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the game, ARAUCARIA FC's Tostão de Queirós nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. 俞冰帆 made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Oséias Fantini was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Diego Belém showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 21 minute of play. If Lukács Madaras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some careless play in the ARAUCARIA FC defense, Diego Belém kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Oséias Fantini. The ARAUCARIA FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Oséias Fantini should have stopped the shot. 俞冰帆 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukács Madaras in the 30th minute of the match. In the 36th minute the ball was on its way in behind ARAUCARIA FC's goalkeeper Oséias Fantini, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Diego Belém sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 39 minutes into the match, Albirex Niigata FC's Diego Belém sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Oséias Fantini narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Diego Belém made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Diego Belém left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Albirex Niigata FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Oséias Fantini didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diego Belém went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. In the 59th minute, ARAUCARIA FC's Benigno Su ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind 俞冰帆. 俞冰帆 yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-2. Lukács Madaras could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but 俞冰帆 made a huge save. Edmundo Koehler hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. After 69 minutes of play, Albirex Niigata FC's Diego Belém made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Oséias Fantini was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Albirex Niigata FC defense, Benigno Su kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of 俞冰帆. The Albirex Niigata FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that 俞冰帆 should have stopped the shot. ARAUCARIA FC's Oséias Fantini played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Belém in the 79th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, Albirex Niigata FC's goalkeeper 俞冰帆 had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lukács Madaras. Gustavo Couto lost his temper 82 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 82nd minute of the game. One of ARAUCARIA FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Albirex Niigata FC:s goal. Oséias Fantini had in the 84thth minute some difficulties stopping Polo Maldini's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After 86th play minutes Diego Belém shot 6-3, a short shot which went by Oséias Fantini and just under the crossbar into goal. 90 minutes into the match, Tostão de Queirós notched a goal, 6-4, to the right of Albirex Niigata FC's 俞冰帆. 俞冰帆 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Oséias Fantini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Belém in the 95th minute of the match. After 96 minutes ARAUCARIA FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Polo Maldini who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Polo Maldini got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Oséias Fantini quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 97 played minutes Albirex Niigata FC got a freekick which was hit by Diego Belém. Albirex Niigata FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.