World League

Monumental Arena
Spectators: 7818 (Terracing: 5865, Seating: 1798, VIP seats: 155) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Elias Pettersson took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldinho Gentenaar in the 7th minute of play forced FC Dezassete's goalkeeper Miguel Marin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 10 minutes into the match, FC Dezassete's goal looked a bit too open when Perlaza Lena came free, but Miguel Marin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Barcelona de América's Gilmar Quadros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kevin Bellet in the 12th minute of play. In the 16th minute Meng Di Jun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilmar Quadros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Meng Di Jun in the 17th minute of play forced Barcelona de América's goalkeeper Gilmar Quadros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by Barcelona de América's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hamlet Häfliger was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Dezassete's players had a chance to rest. Miguel Marin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldinho Gentenaar, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. An unexpected shot in the 23rd minute by Ronaldinho Gentenaar got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Elias Pettersson came free with the goalkeeper in the 29th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Miguel Marin could save by the left post. Barcelona de América's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Perlaza Lena in the 30th minute. The corner ended in Perlaza Lena almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Dezassete's Miguel Marin did a great save. In the 38th minute, Meng Di Jun 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. After a rather tough play, FC Dezassete's Klement Kaczor got a free kick in the 40th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Perlaza Lena in the 41st minute of play forced FC Dezassete's goalkeeper Miguel Marin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the match, Elias Pettersson notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of FC Dezassete's Miguel Marin. Miguel Marin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

Barcelona de América made a substitution. Thomas Ravousis replaced Ronaldinho Gentenaar. Barcelona de América's Caetano Levandowsky was substituted for Elias Pettersson. 53 minutes into the match, FC Dezassete's goal looked a bit too open when Caetano Levandowsky came free, but Miguel Marin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Meng Di Jun had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Gilmar Quadros made an important save on a dangerous shot by Meng Di Jun in the 57th minute. Caetano Levandowsky blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Miguel Marin having to make a save. Miguel Marin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Caetano Levandowsky in the 66th minute of the match. FC Dezassete's Frederico Pinheiro managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Calisto Cean in the 68 minute of the game. In the 73rd minute, You ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gilmar Quadros was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. FC Dezassete's Branco Tinto was substituted for Meng Di Jun. Caetano Levandowsky struck a weak shot in the 81st minute. Miguel Marin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Barcelona de América. Branco Tinto took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gilmar Quadros. Gilmar Quadros dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. 89 minutes into the match, Caetano Levandowsky had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Miguel Marin. FC Dezassete's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Caetano Levandowsky was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. After 94 played minutes Branco Tinto rounded Barcelona de América's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-4. The FC Dezassete players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.