World League

Arborial Park
Spectators: 7673 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lucas Navarro took the kick off in the first half of the match. Shaki Conn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gomesano Gatica, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Shaki Conn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gomesano Gatica, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by ForestFire's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eleuterio Gaztea was slow to take the kick. During this time Grêmio Prudente's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Grêmio Prudente's Eleuterio Gaztea to fire away a dangerous shot which Shaki Conn despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Lucas Navarro came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the ForestFire 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 Lucas Navarro couldn't finish the play. 10 minutes into the game, ForestFire's Lucas Navarro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Geovanildo Silva made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Ben Gilliam received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Geovanildo Silva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edson Ribeiro in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Shaki Conn saved ForestFire from getting behind. 27 minutes into the game, Andy Strömberg cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Shaki Conn was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Navarro in the 31st minute of play forced Grêmio Prudente's goalkeeper Geovanildo Silva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36thth minute of the game Edson Ribeiro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ForestFire's Shaki Conn was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A nice corner shot did that Jose Hoyt got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Geovanildo Silva quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 40 minutes into the match, Grêmio Prudente's goal looked a bit too open when Lucas Navarro came free, but Geovanildo Silva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 42 minutes into the game, Lucrețiu Grigore cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Shaki Conn was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 45th match minute, Grêmio Prudente was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hermenegildo Pádua to maneuver through the defense. After 46 played minutes, ForestFire's Ben Gilliam shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Geovanildo Silva came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ForestFire reached it.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Edson Ribeiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Shaki Conn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gomesano Gatica, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tracy Shah in the 54th minute of play forced Grêmio Prudente's goalkeeper Geovanildo Silva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geovanildo Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Navarro in the 60th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, ForestFire's goalkeeper Shaki Conn had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edson Ribeiro. ForestFire made a substitution. Todd Mayes replaced Danial Dunbar. Shaki Conn made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Mo Wei Xing sent off a good shot on target. Geovanildo Silva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lucas Navarro's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. In the 82nd minute Lucas Navarro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovanildo Silva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Shaki Conn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edson Ribeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Shaki Conn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edson Ribeiro in the 86th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the game, ForestFire's Lucas Navarro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Geovanildo Silva made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-3. After a defensive mix-up in Grêmio Prudente's zone, Lucas Navarro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Geovanildo Silva came out of the goal and Lucas Navarro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.