World League

Taquarão
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Breno Loyola got the match started through his kick off. Vintilă Murgu made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Nilmar de Moraes sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ronan McCunn in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Haroldo Dante saved Clube Atl. Taquaritinga from getting behind. In the 7th minute Ronan McCunn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haroldo Dante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th minute of the match The Huns got a corner. Clube Atl. Taquaritinga's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Răzvan Gorjanu ran over to the corner to take the kick. The Huns's Nicholas Ramachandran was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Haroldo Dante in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The Huns's Vintilă Murgu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save The Huns from getting a goal against them. Leonel Messi came free with the goalkeeper in the 17th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Vintilă Murgu could save by the left post. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Ronan McCunn put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Haroldo Dante. Ronan McCunn scored 0-3 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Haroldo Dante, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Huns's Vintilă Murgu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Breno Loyola in the 26th minute of play. Leonel Messi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Vintilă Murgu made a huge save. If Nilmar de Moraes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Haroldo Dante didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ronan McCunn went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. The Huns's Vintilă Murgu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Varban Pavlikyanov in the 38th minute of play. The Huns were furious when Isac Şoimu was red carded, 38 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 37 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for The Huns! Disappointed in the 1-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Varban Pavlikyanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Vintilă Murgu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 63rd minute, The Huns's Ronan McCunn ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Haroldo Dante. Haroldo Dante yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-6. The supporters of The Huns booed when Clube Atl. Taquaritinga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nilmar Barreto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Haroldo Dante showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronan McCunn, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. Haroldo Dante made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ronan McCunn in the 74th minute. Breno Loyola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Vintilă Murgu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Haroldo Dante made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronan McCunn in the 79th minute of play. Vintilă Murgu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Breno Loyola in the 87th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. The Huns walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.