World League

Estadio Aroeira
Spectators: 8016 (Terracing: 6014, Seating: 1843, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cai Yuan Yuan took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes had been played when some careless play by Romando Futebol Clube's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aras Görkem Kaymaz was slow to take the kick. During this time MZ Fénix's players had a chance to rest. Pankracy Zajonc showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niva Bellido in the 5th minute of the match. Pankracy Zajonc took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Niva Bellido, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 8 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's goal looked a bit too open when Niva Bellido came free, but Pankracy Zajonc reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, Niva Bellido cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Pankracy Zajonc was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Romando Futebol Clube's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ubaldo Maillard in the 21st minute. The corner led Romando Futebol Clube's André Sundström to fire away a dangerous shot which Pankracy Zajonc despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The audience was convinced that André Sundström's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pankracy Zajonc was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. MZ Fénix's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Aras Görkem Kaymaz in the 32nd minute. After 36 minutes of play, MZ Fénix's Cai Yuan Yuan made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas was left in no man's land by his defense there! 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 44th minute of the game. 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. The supporters of MZ Fénix booed when Romando Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sem Chance didn't get a good kick on the ball. 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 Niva Bellido stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes in the game Sem Chance did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Lino Valle. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cai Yuan Yuan in the 60th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sem Chance got a throw-in 64 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Lino Valle. With a little luck, MZ Fénix's Pankracy Zajonc got control of the ball when Niva Bellido tried to sneak it across the goal line. 76 minutes into the game, Romando Futebol Clube's Niva Bellido nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pankracy Zajonc made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cai Yuan Yuan, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cai Yuan Yuan, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Aras Görkem Kaymaz made in the 91st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Romando Futebol Clube's Juninho Paulista. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Cai Yuan Yuan managed to get in a good position for a shot. MZ Fénix's supporters rose to their feet, but Cai Yuan Yuan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rubén-Osvaldo Cousillas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.