World League

ARENA PANTANAL
Spectators: 7714 (Terracing: 5787, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stefan-Benjamin Hula made the kick off which started today's match. In the 6th minute, TAQUARI FC's Wilton Vale ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kenn Kuberg. Kenn Kuberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. The audience was convinced that Stefan-Benjamin Hula's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rodolfo Salgado was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Vagnar Halckendorff in the 16th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by TAQUARI FC's Joakim Felin. Skellerup FC's Stefan-Benjamin Hula got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefan-Benjamin Hula in the 26th minute of play forced TAQUARI FC's goalkeeper Rodolfo Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the game, Wilton Vale cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Kenn Kuberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rodolfo Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stefan-Benjamin Hula in the 35th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stefan-Benjamin Hula in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rodolfo Salgado prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The corner led to Skellerup FC's Gaël Poulin getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Skellerup FC's attentive Vagnar Halckendorff managed to snatch the ball when Joakim Felin made a throw-in in the 43rd minute of the game. 45 minutes into the match, Skellerup FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wilton Vale came free, but Kenn Kuberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute, Wilton Vale left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TAQUARI FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Wilton Vale made the kick off in the second half. Stefan-Benjamin Hula could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Rodolfo Salgado made a huge save. Cosimo Franceschini made in the 54th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Tiberiu Ruşdea immediately put the ball in play. Rodolfo Salgado made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stefan-Benjamin Hula in the 56th minute. After some careless play in the Skellerup FC defense, Wilton Vale kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kenn Kuberg. The Skellerup FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kenn Kuberg should have stopped the shot. Skellerup FC's Niklas Rüsander managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Bernard Letourneau in the 64 minute of the game. TAQUARI FC's Rodolfo Salgado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save TAQUARI FC from getting a goal against them. After 73 minutes TAQUARI FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tiberiu Ruşdea who took care of the corner kick. TAQUARI FC's Erasmo Gaspar was substituted for Ernani Souto. Cyryl Gotfryd might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rodolfo Salgado. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cyryl Gotfryd ran back to his position shaking his head. TAQUARI FC's Rodolfo Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyryl Gotfryd in the 80th minute of play. Cosimo Franceschini made in the 93rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Tiberiu Ruşdea. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The TAQUARI FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Skellerup FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.