World League

TEATRO DAS ARTES
Spectators: 7610 (Terracing: 5708, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Çelikan Safi started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Vítor Peixoto notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Rakı Sevenler FC's Egemen Gencalp. Egemen Gencalp was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Stavros Stamatakos charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stavros Stamatakos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Rakı Sevenler FC's Stavros Stamatakos got a free kick in the 13th minute. Egemen Gencalp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yan Le in the 17th minute of the match. Rakı Sevenler FC's Stavros Stamatakos got his second yellow card of the match in the 17th minute. The referee ordered Stavros Stamatakos off the ground. After 18 played minutes Rakı Sevenler FC got a freekick which was hit by Stavros Stamatakos. Margus Niilus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa İzzet Rasih in the 21st minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Mustafa İzzet Rasih left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rakı Sevenler FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The supporters of Rakı Sevenler FC booed when FUTEBOL ARTE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Belmiro Martins didn't get a good kick on the ball. FUTEBOL ARTE's Claudinei Pirani got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 35th match minute, FUTEBOL ARTE was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Belmiro Martins to maneuver through the defense. Margus Niilus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mustafa İzzet Rasih in the 37th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 41 minutes, Egemen Gencalp successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The wind increased when Vítor Peixoto made the kick off in the second half. Rakı Sevenler FC's Egemen Gencalp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vítor Peixoto in the 51st minute of play. Egemen Gencalp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vítor Peixoto in the 53rd minute of the match. Egemen Gencalp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yan Le, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. When FUTEBOL ARTE's Claudinei Pirani, in the 56th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for FUTEBOL ARTE. Egemen Gencalp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vítor Peixoto in the 61st minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Ulises Manuelo managed to get in a good position for a shot. FUTEBOL ARTE's supporters rose to their feet, but Ulises Manuelo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Egemen Gencalp breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rakı Sevenler FC's Egemen Gencalp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yan Le in the 67th minute of play. In the 69th minute Vítor Peixoto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egemen Gencalp saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Egemen Gencalp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yan Le, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yan Le in the 78th minute of play forced Rakı Sevenler FC's goalkeeper Egemen Gencalp to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Rakı Sevenler FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vítor Peixoto came free, but Egemen Gencalp reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 86 minutes into the game, Claudinei Pirani cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Egemen Gencalp was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. FUTEBOL ARTE'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.