World League

Estádio Celio Melo
Spectators: 7861 (Terracing: 5897, Seating: 1808, VIP seats: 156) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Prosper Vandamme got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zdzislaw Biraga was slow to take the kick. During this time 1909 Tarnovia's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on 1909 Tarnovia's corner Zdzislaw Biraga fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Amauri Félix quite easily take care of the ball. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Amauri Félix played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Prosper Vandamme in the 7th minute of play. After some careless play in the 1909 Tarnovia defense, Jens-Ove Malm kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Maksymilian Prusinowski. The 1909 Tarnovia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Maksymilian Prusinowski should have stopped the shot. Jens-Ove Malm could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Maksymilian Prusinowski made a huge save. Jens-Ove Malm struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Maksymilian Prusinowski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Rio Verde F.C CIMZ. Lauro Arce hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, 1909 Tarnovia's Zdzislaw Biraga tried to score from far away in the 20th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the 1909 Tarnovia defense, Jens-Ove Malm kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Maksymilian Prusinowski. The 1909 Tarnovia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Maksymilian Prusinowski should have stopped the shot. In the 33rd minute Zdzislaw Biraga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amauri Félix saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Maksymilian Prusinowski made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Stoyadin Gulev sent off a good shot on target. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's Amauri Félix played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Prosper Vandamme in the 47th minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jens-Ove Malm made a kick off. Zdzislaw Biraga's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Amauri Félix firmly grabbed it by the left post. Maksymilian Prusinowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jens-Ove Malm in the 62nd minute of play. In the 68th minute, Zdzislaw Biraga got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Zenon Hetman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 1909 Tarnovia made a substitution. Barnaba Latkiewicz replaced Prosper Vandamme. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ made a substitution. Ixona Mascarañas replaced Mitchel Bakker. Maksymilian Prusinowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Di Yang Feng in the 81st minute of the match. In the 88th minute, Jens-Ove Malm ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Maksymilian Prusinowski was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Rio Verde F.C CIMZ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.