World League

BakanakhaUbago Arena
Spectators: 7724 (Terracing: 5794, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Johnathan Bowden took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Aaron Criston hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by SuperChango's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vlad Tudose was slow to take the kick. During this time Selebi-Phikwe's players had a chance to rest. In the 11th minute, Vlad Tudose sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and SuperChango's Luiz Fernando Branco didn't even have to move. 16 minutes into the game, Selebi-Phikwe's Victor Nelson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luiz Fernando Branco made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After a rather tough play, SuperChango's Salvador Ofelio got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Luiz Fernando Branco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johnathan Bowden, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. A collision led to SuperChango getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Casimiro Ieltxu hit a great ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Luiz Fernando Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Lundqvist in the 59th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute Johnathan Bowden shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fernando Branco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Johnathan Bowden 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. 74 minutes into the game, Emanuel Brites threw the ball into play from the sideline. SuperChango's Tudur Fitriansyah quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Tudur Fitriansyah took the ball and in the 76 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Christof Deroek. Christof Deroek dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.