World League

Elvia Vasquez
Spectators: 7700 (Terracing: 5776, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Claudio Maties made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, RamPa Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Luo Wei Xi came free, but Paul Ramon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by RamPa Football Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tolek Turek was slow to take the kick. During this time Joga Bonito's players had a chance to rest. In the 8thth minute of the game Luo Wei Xi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RamPa Football Club's Paul Ramon was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With his leg Artur Boruc managed to avoid a goal in the 10thth minute, when RamPa Football Club's Claudio Maties fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 19 minutes into the game, RamPa Football Club's Claudio Maties nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Artur Boruc made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Claudio Maties sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With an all-out effort, RamPa Football Club's Artur Boruc threw himself towards the right post 25 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Claudio Maties, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 27 minutes into the game, Leonard Czciborek was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Joga Bonito's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave RamPa Football Club the free kick. Leonard Czciborek kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, RamPa Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Klas Jansson came free, but Paul Ramon reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Artur Boruc made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claudio Maties in the 31st minute. A collision led to RamPa Football Club getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Metodi Deyanov hit a great ball. With a little luck, Joga Bonito's Artur Boruc got control of the ball when Claudio Maties tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 36th minute, Claudio Maties made a precise shot to the right of Artur Boruc. Joga Bonito's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. After 38 played minutes RamPa Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Yu Jun Yuan. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Luo Wei Xi made a kick off. If Zbyszek Konieczny had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Klas Jansson in the 55thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Paul Ramon, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Klas Janssons short, quick shot in the 56thth minute got Paul Ramon to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luo Wei Xi got free with Paul Ramon in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 61st minute, Ramon Pujol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. RamPa Football Club's Ramon Beckham was substituted for Metodi Deyanov. RamPa Football Club's Xabat Figueroa was substituted for Cyrille Desplanches. RamPa Football Club's Mattias Svahn was substituted for Claudio Maties. A collision led to RamPa Football Club getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Ramon Pujol hit a great ball. In the 67th minute Joga Bonito were awarded a corner. Tolek Turek went to the cornerflag to take it. A hard shot 70 in the game by Klas Jansson from a close distance when the talented Paul Ramon managed to make a qualified save. RamPa Football Club's players were relieved. 71 minutes into the match, Joga Bonito's Zbyszek Konieczny sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Paul Ramon narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Joga Bonito were awarded a corner in the 72th minute after RamPa Football Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Tolek Turek took the corner. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luo Wei Xi in the 77th minute of play forced RamPa Football Club's goalkeeper Paul Ramon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. From close distance Luo Wei Xi pressed in the 2-2 goal high up into nets stiches in the right cross 77 minutes into the game. In the 83rd minute Mattias Svahn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artur Boruc saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Paul Ramon managed to avoid a goal in the 87thth minute, when Joga Bonito's Luo Wei Xi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Artur Boruc came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by RamPa Football Club's Xabat Figueroa. But to his dismay, Xabat Figueroa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. Paul Ramon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andy Symons in the 97th minute of play. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Joga Bonito players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.