World League

Stadion Ardappen
Spectators: 7737 (Terracing: 5804, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) Zjem Cię's Mateo Palacio started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 played minutes ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ got a freekick which was hit by Antônio Carlos da Fonseca. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Mateo Palacio took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for José Paulo Romero to make any attempt to save it. After a rather tough play, ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s Antônio Carlos da Fonseca got a free kick in the 10th minute. José Paulo Romero was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Mateo Palacio showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 11 minute of play. José Paulo Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mateo Palacio, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Zjem Cię's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Soeiro came free, but Napoleon Jajko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manuel Negri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 21st minute Mateo Palacio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Paulo Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s José Paulo Romero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateo Palacio in the 21st minute of play. José Paulo Romero made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Mateo Palacio sent off a good shot on target. ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s José Paulo Romero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ from getting a goal against them. Laércio Saldanha got a throw-in 29 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Agnaldo Araújo. In the 31stth minute of the game Mateo Palacio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s José Paulo Romero was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Napoleon Jajko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elano Rezende in the 34th minute of play. Mateo Palacio's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but José Paulo Romero read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. José Paulo Romero made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Mateo Palacio sent off a good shot on target. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ made a substitution. Marcelinho Costa replaced Luiz Soeiro. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateo Palacio in the 60th minute of play forced ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s goalkeeper José Paulo Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute, Luizão Proença hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tolek Wojtyna in the 64th minute of play forced ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s goalkeeper José Paulo Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laércio Saldanha charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Laércio Saldanha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 68 played minutes ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ got a freekick which was hit by Laércio Saldanha. Zjem Cię's Iwo Cwynar was substituted for Amador Presebal. Laércio Saldanha hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. José Paulo Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mateo Palacio, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. If Mateo Palacio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. José Paulo Romero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mateo Palacio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Napoleon Jajko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcelinho Costa in the 76th minute of play. In the 79th match minute, ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Laércio Saldanha to maneuver through the defense. When Tolek Wojtyna came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Zjem Cię fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tolek Wojtyna couldn't finish the play. Ciriaco Emenon received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. José Paulo Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Napoleon Jajko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elano Rezende, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Elano Rezende's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Napoleon Jajko was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateo Palacio in the 89th minute of play forced ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s goalkeeper José Paulo Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zjem Cię's Boruc Wierzchowski was substituted for Murillo Cedeno. The corner went over the outstretched arms of ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s goalie and right to Olgierd Cempa. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. ≈SΞVĺЯΔ FC™'s manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Elano Rezende fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Napoleon Jajko having to interfere. José Paulo Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateo Palacio in the 97th minute of the match. Zjem Cię's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.