World League

Arena Da Zimba
Spectators: 8423 (Terracing: 6318, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 168) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nathaniel Burnett got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luis Elequemedo in the 5th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sidney Motta prevented the ball from getting in the gole. A throw-in in the 8th minute of the game was made by Zeledon Lain with Radowit Ogrodowicz as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Sidney Motta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yan Chen Yan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zeledon Lain made in the 18th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Radowit Ogrodowicz however managed to control. Imbituba - FSCMZ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Pedro Luís Fonseca in the 24th minute. Pedro Luís Fonseca made a great header on Imbituba - FSCMZ's corner, it was just that Szczakowianka's Erdi Bender managed to reach the ball for a save. Erdi Bender took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nathaniel Burnett, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rogério da Silva could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Erdi Bender made a huge save. In the 29thth minute of the game Nathaniel Burnett who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Szczakowianka's Erdi Bender was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luis Elequemedo scored 0-1 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sidney Motta, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nathaniel Burnett in the 37th minute of play forced Szczakowianka's goalkeeper Erdi Bender to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 39 minutes into the game, Robbin Moreaux cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Sidney Motta was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Imbituba - FSCMZ's Válbson Pimenta was substituted for Berenguer Anda. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Benedykt Perkowski made a kick off. Erdi Bender took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Luís Fonseca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erdi Bender made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedro Luís Fonseca in the 54th minute of play. After 55 minutes Szczakowianka's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pedro Luís Fonseca who took care of the corner kick. The corner led to Imbituba - FSCMZ's Tolek Mochowak getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Luís Fonseca in the 63rd minute of play forced Szczakowianka's goalkeeper Erdi Bender to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 66th minute Válbson Pimenta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erdi Bender saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Erdi Bender showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Válbson Pimenta, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Szczakowianka's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pedro Luís Fonseca was slow to take the kick. During this time Imbituba - FSCMZ's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radowit Ogrodowicz in the 81st minute of play forced Imbituba - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Sidney Motta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Erdi Bender showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Válbson Pimenta in the 83rd minute of the match. With his leg Sidney Motta managed to avoid a goal in the 84thth minute, when Szczakowianka's Luis Elequemedo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Szczakowianka's Luis Elequemedo was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 89th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Imbituba - FSCMZ's zone, Yan Chen Yan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sidney Motta came out of the goal and Yan Chen Yan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.