World League

Estádio do Relógio
Spectators: 7469 (Terracing: 5603, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marcelinho de Salles started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Itajaí Football Club's Hélio Goiano got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Marcelo Galvão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benedykt Prusinowski in the 5th minute of play. Marcelo Galvão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedykt Prusinowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. If Stasio Lewkowicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mikolaj Hendzel in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcelo Galvão prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Itajaí Football Club's Marcelo Galvão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benedykt Prusinowski in the 9th minute of play. In the 11thth minute of the game Marcelinho de Salles who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Szczucin's Iwan Swoboda was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marcelo Galvão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benedykt Prusinowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. 16 minutes into the match, FC Szczucin's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelinho de Salles came free, but Iwan Swoboda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iwan Swoboda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilberto Arce in the 17th minute of the match. FC Szczucin's Iwan Swoboda proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save FC Szczucin from getting a goal against them. Benedykt Prusinowski scored 0-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcelo Galvão, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Hendzel in the 29th minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Itajaí Football Club's Marcelo Galvão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stasio Lewkowicz in the 31st minute of play. Itajaí Football Club's Marcelo Galvão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stasio Lewkowicz in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedykt Prusinowski in the 38th minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo Galvão took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stasio Lewkowicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 41 minutes into the match, Stasio Lewkowicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcelo Galvão. Itajaí Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stasio Lewkowicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The Itajaí Football Club players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. FC Szczucin were winning 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mikolaj Hendzel was the one to do the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Edgar Zima kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Marcelo Galvão. That made the score 0-3 in the 53 minute of play. Mikolaj Hendzel was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 61st minute. FC Szczucin's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Itajaí Football Club's Carlos Eduardo da Costa was substituted for Marcelinho de Salles. Marcelo Galvão made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Stasio Lewkowicz sent off a good shot on target. Marcelo Galvão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benedykt Prusinowski in the 65th minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Itajaí Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Stasio Lewkowicz came free, but Marcelo Galvão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 73 played minutes FC Szczucin got a freekick which was hit by Stasio Lewkowicz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Eduardo da Costa in the 74th minute of play forced FC Szczucin's goalkeeper Iwan Swoboda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Szczucin's Iwan Swoboda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Eduardo da Costa in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th minute of the match Itajaí Football Club got a corner. FC Szczucin's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Afonso Severo ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of FC Szczucin's goalie and right to Hélio Goiano. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. FC Szczucin's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedykt Prusinowski in the 82nd minute of play forced Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iwan Swoboda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Eduardo da Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Szczucin's Iwan Swoboda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Eduardo da Costa in the 88th minute of play. 90 minutes into the match, Itajaí Football Club's goalkeeper Marcelo Galvão had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stasio Lewkowicz. With a little luck, Itajaí Football Club's Marcelo Galvão got control of the ball when Stasio Lewkowicz tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Carlos Eduardo da Costa put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Iwan Swoboda. The FC Szczucin players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.