World League

Arena Almeidão
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Arnulfo Lugo got the match started through his kick off. E. C. Flamengo Paraibano's Mané Barreto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnulfo Lugo in the 3rd minute of play. Albano Piearres kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Hegg in the 12th minute of play forced E. C. Flamengo Paraibano's goalkeeper Mané Barreto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute Erberk Tunçkol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomás Guillen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th match minute, E. C. Flamengo Paraibano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vivaldo Cunha to maneuver through the defense. Timmernabben FF's Kaká Junior got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mané Barreto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaká Junior in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 23rd match minute, Timmernabben FF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kaká Junior to maneuver through the defense. E. C. Flamengo Paraibano's Mané Barreto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sakarias Stephansson in the 26th minute of play. Mané Barreto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arnulfo Lugo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mané Barreto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sakarias Stephansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. The supporters of Timmernabben FF booed when E. C. Flamengo Paraibano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vivaldo Cunha didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 45 minutes, Albano Piearres mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the E. C. Flamengo Paraibano and the Timmernabben FF players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Timmernabben FF booed when E. C. Flamengo Paraibano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Albano Piearres didn't get a good kick on the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Erberk Tunçkol made a kick off. Timmernabben FF's Arnulfo Lugo got a good chance for a goal in the 50th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Timmernabben FF getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Kaká Junior hit a great ball. Tomás Guillen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erberk Tunçkol in the 53rd minute of the match. After 54 minutes of play, Timmernabben FF's Arnulfo Lugo made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mané Barreto was left in no man's land by his defense there! Kaká Junior hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Tomás Guillen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Albin Anundsson in the 62nd minute of play. After 63 minutes, Rasmus Överman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Timmernabben FF and the E. C. Flamengo Paraibano players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 63rd match minute, Timmernabben FF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rasmus Överman to maneuver through the defense. Kaká Junior could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Mané Barreto made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Arnulfo Lugo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mané Barreto was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. When Arnulfo Lugo came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Timmernabben FF 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 Arnulfo Lugo couldn't finish the play. 71 minutes into the match, Kaká Junior had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mané Barreto. E. C. Flamengo Paraibano's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kaká Junior was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. E. C. Flamengo Paraibano made a substitution. Thomás Loureiro replaced Erberk Tunçkol. The crowd rose to their feet as Arnulfo Lugo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mané Barreto. That made the score 0-6 in the 76 minute of play. Mané Barreto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sakarias Stephansson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Timmernabben FF's Sakarias Stephansson slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mané Barreto. That made the score 0-7 after 80 minutes of play. Mané Barreto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sakarias Stephansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. It was a well-played corner which Arnulfo Lugo managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Mané Barreto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnulfo Lugo in the 91st minute of the match. Timmernabben FF's Çakır Yahya was substituted for Anton Hegg. In the 92nd minute, Arnulfo Lugo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kaká Junior hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. The E. C. Flamengo Paraibano fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Timmernabben FF were clearly better and deserved to take the win.