World League

Arena do Gigante
Spectators: 8532 (Terracing: 6400, Seating: 1962, VIP seats: 170) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cüneyt Berksoy got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Dinamita on Grass's Bogumil Chowaniec got a free kick in the 7th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Bachor in the 15th minute of play forced UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Mateus Cruz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. UPTEXTIL.COM were awarded a corner in the 18th minute after Dinamita on Grass's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pontus Hjortberg took the corner. The corner ended in Cüneyt Berksoy almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Dinamita on Grass's Vito Castelao did a great save. Cüneyt Berksoy might have been able to make a better finish in the 22nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vito Castelao. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cüneyt Berksoy ran back to his position shaking his head. Cüneyt Berksoy was extremely unlucky when he, in the 22nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Vito Castelao made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Cüneyt Berksoy sent off a good shot on target. UPTEXTIL.COM were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after Dinamita on Grass's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Pontus Hjortberg took the corner. It was a well-played corner which Paolo Ruisko managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 29th minute, Cüneyt Berksoy reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vito Castelao. The goal made the score 1-0. UPTEXTIL.COM's attentive Jonathan Stam managed to snatch the ball when Oier Paz made a throw-in in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 33rd minute, Jonathan Stam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dinamita on Grass's Oier Paz quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Doğuhan Yasun, made in the 36th minute of the game. 38 minutes into the match, UPTEXTIL.COM's goal looked a bit too open when Delmiro Vachon came free, but Mateus Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Artur Bachor scored 1-1 in the 40th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mateus Cruz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Artur Bachor stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cüneyt Berksoy struck a weak shot in the 53rd minute. Vito Castelao didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for UPTEXTIL.COM. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cüneyt Berksoy in the 57th minute of play forced Dinamita on Grass's goalkeeper Vito Castelao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paolo Ruisko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Vito Castelao tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vito Castelao took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cüneyt Berksoy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cüneyt Berksoy scored 2-1 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vito Castelao, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. UPTEXTIL.COM made a substitution. Martin Ødegaard replaced Cüneyt Berksoy. UPTEXTIL.COM made a substitution. Mário Maldini replaced Zé Paulo Queirós. Dinamita on Grass's Amat Serena was substituted for Artur Bachor. UPTEXTIL.COM made a substitution. Nestor Hoffmann replaced Hugo do Valle. Dinamita on Grass's Mihnea Seremet was substituted for Leandro Paredes. Dinamita on Grass's Jago Sánchez was substituted for Oier Paz. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind Dinamita on Grass's goalkeeper Vito Castelao, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihnea Seremet in the 77th minute of play forced UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Mateus Cruz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mihnea Seremet in the 79th minute of play forced UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Mateus Cruz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th play minute Amat Serena came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Mateus Cruz. 2-2. After having played for 85 minutes, Martin Ødegaard managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. UPTEXTIL.COM's supporters crossed their fingers, but Martin Ødegaard was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Mateus Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mihnea Seremet in the 87th minute of play. UPTEXTIL.COM's Mateus Cruz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save UPTEXTIL.COM from getting a goal against them. Mateus Cruz didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Dinamita on Grass's Mihnea Seremet shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-3 in the ordered_time% minute. After 94 played minutes UPTEXTIL.COM got a freekick which was hit by Felix Calisto. The long shot by Silverio Doblas in the 95th minute really tested Mateus Cruz's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal.