World League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 8040 (Terracing: 6031, Seating: 1849, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bengt-Rune Fastesson started the match with the kick off. Joaquin Austin might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Federico Kalinowski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Joaquin Austin ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 4th minute Joaquin Austin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Federico Kalinowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, ACF Fiorentina's Gabriel Gaufred sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Clemente Mancaş narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Hildeberto Carvalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Clemente Mancaş having to interfere. Clemente Mancaş didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ACF Fiorentina's Hernán Leandro shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Atletic Elooo's Flavius Cândroveanu managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by 乔振梁 in the 18 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bengt-Rune Fastesson in the 23rd minute of play forced Atletic Elooo's goalkeeper Clemente Mancaş to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes into the match, Joaquin Austin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Federico Kalinowski. ACF Fiorentina's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joaquin Austin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Joaquin Austin made a kick off. Joaquin Austin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Atletic Elooo's Clemente Mancaş played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hernán Leandro in the 57th minute of play. Clemente Mancaş showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bengt-Rune Fastesson, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Joaquin Austin kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Federico Kalinowski. That made the score 1-2 in the 59 minute of play. Atletic Elooo's Grégory Gardette was substituted for Joaquin Austin. In the 64th minute Grégory Gardette shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Federico Kalinowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 68th match minute, Atletic Elooo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabiano Maranhense to maneuver through the defense. Federico Kalinowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Flavius Cândroveanu in the 84th minute. The supporters of ACF Fiorentina booed when Atletic Elooo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emmanuel Anieva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Maximino Cabezon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 90 minutes into the match, Atletic Elooo's goal looked a bit too open when Maximino Cabezon came free, but Clemente Mancaş reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.