World League

Serra Dourada
Spectators: 7546 (Terracing: 5661, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) After 9 minutes Loures's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Owen Gallagher who took care of the corner kick. In the 10th minute of the match, Vicente Ferris tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Lucca Galvan saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rasmus Højlund in the 18th minute of play forced Jardim América FC's goalkeeper 高文川 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute Rodrigo Ribeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 高文川 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 高文川 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Azar Azarov in the 25th minute of the match. 高文川 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rasmus Højlund in the 26th minute of play. Mikolaj Bartoszek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. 高文川 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 30th minute, Rasmus Højlund made a precise shot to the right of 高文川. Jardim América FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After 33 minutes of play, Jardim América FC's Agostinho Bittencourt made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucca Galvan was left in no man's land by his defense there! 38 minutes into the match, Rodrigo Ribeiro notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Jardim América FC's 高文川. 高文川 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vicente Ferris made a kick off. Rafa Alves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucca Galvan having to interfere. Jardim América FC's 高文川 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Azar Azarov in the 53rd minute of play. Jardim América FC's attentive Patrick do Vale managed to snatch the ball when Jaromír Pekár made a throw-in in the 60th minute of the game. Lucca Galvan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Agostinho Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vicente Ferris in the 65th minute of play forced Loures's goalkeeper Lucca Galvan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Jardim América FC's 高文川 got control of the ball when Rodrigo Ribeiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, Loures's goal looked a bit too open when Agostinho Bittencourt came free, but Lucca Galvan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Loures's Lucca Galvan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicente Ferris in the 79th minute of play. Jardim América FC made a substitution. Aníbal Abraão replaced Luís Fernando Rossi. 92 minutes into the match, Jardim América FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rodrigo Ribeiro came free, but 高文川 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Jardim América FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Loures were clearly better and deserved to take the win.