World League

iL Grosso Stadio
Spectators: 7750 (Terracing: 5814, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Antonín Orlík started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Atlético Micaelense booed when Grosso United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mauro Mendez didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Grosso United's Antonín Orlík in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Atlético Micaelense's goalie prevented a goal. Arcadio Buendia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klaus Van Mellart in the 6th minute of the match. Arcadio Buendia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lu Chen in the 8th minute of the match. Arcadio Buendia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lu Chen in the 15th minute of play. Gervásio Sousa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Antonín Orlík in the 16th minute. Arcadio Buendia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klaus Van Mellart in the 22nd minute of play. Atlético Micaelense's Klaus Van Mellart managed to work through Grosso United's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Klaus Van Mellart dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. A collision led to Atlético Micaelense getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Lu Chen hit a great ball. With a little luck, Atlético Micaelense's Gervásio Sousa got control of the ball when Antonín Orlík tried to sneak it across the goal line. Antonín Orlík could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Gervásio Sousa made a huge save. Gervásio Sousa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ulises Gartzen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute Klaus Van Mellart shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arcadio Buendia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 39 played minutes Grosso United got a freekick which was hit by Fikri Bera. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klaus Van Mellart in the 43rd minute of play forced Grosso United's goalkeeper Arcadio Buendia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Palmiro Bettencourt made the kick off in the second half. Arcadio Buendia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Palmiro Bettencourt in the 51st minute of the match. Arcadio Buendia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lu Chen in the 52nd minute of play. Gervásio Sousa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antonín Orlík, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Klaus Van Mellart received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Arcadio Buendia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Grosso United's Reynaldo Pietro was substituted for Ulises Gartzen. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by Grosso United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fabrício Coelho was slow to take the kick. During this time Atlético Micaelense's players had a chance to rest. In the 70th minute Lu Chen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arcadio Buendia saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arcadio Buendia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Palmiro Bettencourt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lu Chen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 85th minute, Fikri Bera made a precise shot to the right of Gervásio Sousa. Atlético Micaelense's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Atlético Micaelense's Gervásio Sousa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reynaldo Pietro in the 90th minute of play. Gervásio Sousa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cayetano Xacintu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Andrei Marioara hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Cayetano Xacintu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gervásio Sousa having to interfere.