World League

La Playa
Spectators: 8422 (Terracing: 6317, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 168) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Igor Cavalera started the match with the kick off. Gong Qi Fan's late challenge caught a Ogro F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gong Qi Fan helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Playa Malvín getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Gong Qi Fan hit a great ball. After having played for 12 minutes, Stelian Murgu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Playa Malvín's supporters crossed their fingers, but Stelian Murgu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 19 minutes of play, Playa Malvín's Gong Qi Fan made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alysson Rezende was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 26 minutes, Jabier Igual mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Playa Malvín and the Ogro F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jerônimo Vergílio recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Jerônimo Vergílio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Ogro F.C.'s João Barone got a free kick in the 34th minute. 37 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's Gong Qi Fan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alysson Rezende narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Ogro F.C. getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Adelino Antunes hit a great ball. An unexpected shot in the 45th minute by Alvise Catapano got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 47 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Jerônimo Vergílio came free, but Nils Elmhuus reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Alysson Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gong Qi Fan in the 56th minute of the match. Playa Malvín's Nils Elmhuus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Igor Cavalera in the 59th minute of play. Nils Elmhuus took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Igor Cavalera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th minute Gong Qi Fan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alysson Rezende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 2-0 came in the 69th minute when Alvise Catapano all by himself managed to get straight through the defense and place the ball into the net to the right of Alysson Rezende. Playa Malvín made a substitution. Quinto Ampudia replaced Gong Qi Fan. Ogro F.C.'s Mike Mangini was substituted for Alex Van Halen. 76 minutes into the match, Quinto Ampudia notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Ogro F.C.'s Alysson Rezende. Alysson Rezende was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alysson Rezende came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Playa Malvín's Quinto Ampudia. But to his dismay, Quinto Ampudia quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. 84 minutes into the match, Ogro F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Quinto Ampudia came free, but Alysson Rezende reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. João Barone hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Playa Malvín's Nils Elmhuus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marco Minnemann in the 87th minute of play. Playa Malvín's Nils Elmhuus played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dan Zimmermann in the 88th minute of play. In the 93rd minute Marco Minnemann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nils Elmhuus saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Playa Malvín walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.