World League

Presidente Zezão
Spectators: 7980 (Terracing: 5986, Seating: 1835, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cai Yuan Yuan made the kick off which started today's match. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladimiro Granja in the 5th minute of the match. In the 10th minute, Niva Bellido left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Romando Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Pankracy Zajonc showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Sundström, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. After 18 played minutes MZ Fénix got a freekick which was hit by Vygantas Petrošius. Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Sundström in the 24th minute of the match. After 28 played minutes Romando Futebol Clube got a freekick which was hit by André Sundström. In the 30th minute Cai Yuan Yuan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 38 minutes in the game Sem Chance did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Lino Valle. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cai Yuan Yuan in the 39th minute of play forced Romando Futebol Clube's goalkeeper Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Niva Bellido was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, André Sundström left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Romando Futebol Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Abel Vargas hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. The long shot by Aras Görkem Kaymaz in the 55th minute really tested Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas'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. The audience was convinced that Niva Bellido's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pankracy Zajonc was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cai Yuan Yuan in the 62nd minute of play. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cai Yuan Yuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cai Yuan Yuan scored 2-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cai Yuan Yuan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute MZ Fénix were awarded a corner. Aras Görkem Kaymaz went to the cornerflag to take it. When Ubaldo Maillard fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Romando Futebol Clube's protests and gave Ubaldo Maillard a yellow card for diving instead. Romando Futebol Clube were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of MZ Fénix for a fine match.