World League

Romolo Di Reto
Spectators: 7710 (Terracing: 5784, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Joseph Asklöv started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 6th match minute, Sao Brasola was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Orhan Bozdoğan to maneuver through the defense. 7 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Garðar Jóhannsson came free, but Urbano Saturnin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. TRICOSHOW F.CLUB's Markus Paul Hattermann was substituted for Percy Madureira. A well-hit corner resulted in Markus Paul Hattermann heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. After having played for 29 minutes, Marcel Nascimento managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TRICOSHOW F.CLUB's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcel Nascimento was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Sao Brasola's zone, Marcel Nascimento stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Urbano Saturnin came out of the goal and Marcel Nascimento tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sao Brasola's Urbano Saturnin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcel Nascimento in the 42nd minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, Sao Brasola's goal looked a bit too open when Marcel Nascimento came free, but Urbano Saturnin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. 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 Markus Paul Hattermann made a kick off. Sao Brasola were awarded a corner in the 52th minute after TRICOSHOW F.CLUB's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Deng Jian Bing took the corner. Arthur Damm kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Markus Paul Hattermann recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Markus Paul Hattermann fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Urbano Saturnin having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elia Di Vincenzo in the 63rd minute of play forced TRICOSHOW F.CLUB's goalkeeper Santo Marcos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Cesare Punta's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santo Marcos was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Markus Paul Hattermann might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Urbano Saturnin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Markus Paul Hattermann ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 71st minute Markus Paul Hattermann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Urbano Saturnin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Deng Jian Bing had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Santo Marcos. TRICOSHOW F.CLUB's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Deng Jian Bing was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Urbano Saturnin didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Markus Paul Hattermann went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Santo Marcos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesare Punta in the 79th minute of the match. Ruan Mozer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Deng Jian Bing fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santo Marcos having to interfere. Urbano Saturnin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcel Nascimento in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd match minute, TRICOSHOW F.CLUB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Markus Paul Hattermann to maneuver through the defense.