World League

Estádio Laranjeiras
Spectators: 7652 (Terracing: 5741, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jerónimo Furtado took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th minute Henrique Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edwin van der Sar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edwin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurício Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. AnÐaRaHy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sílvio Vides in the 10th minute. The corner led to AnÐaRaHy's Aírton Bastos getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. With an all-out effort, Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ's Bruno Cruz threw himself towards the right post 16 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jerónimo Furtado, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ's Bernardo lago got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sílvio Vides was slow to take the kick. During this time AnÐaRaHy's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Sílvio Vides almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ's Edwin van der Sar did a great save. Edwin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurício Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. A collision led to Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Jakub Szczepanowski hit a great ball. 30 minutes into the match, AnÐaRaHy's Henrique Almeida sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edwin van der Sar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bruno Cruz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo lago, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Piara Bue made a great header on Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ's corner, it was just that AnÐaRaHy's Bruno Cruz managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 38th minute, Leopoldo Gaxan made a precise shot to the right of Bruno Cruz. AnÐaRaHy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After some careless play in the Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ defense, Henrique Almeida kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edwin van der Sar. The Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edwin van der Sar should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Lourenço Gomes hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Edwin van der Sar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurício Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jerónimo Furtado in the 57th minute of play forced AnÐaRaHy's goalkeeper Bruno Cruz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edwin van der Sar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurício Bittencourt in the 58th minute of the match. Bruno Cruz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jerónimo Furtado, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 62nd minute Leopoldo Gaxan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Cruz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Henrique Almeida came free with the goalkeeper in the 66th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Edwin van der Sar could save by the left post. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maurício Bittencourt in the 68th minute of play forced Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ's goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute, AnÐaRaHy's Henrique Almeida dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ made a substitution. Xande Solitario replaced Leukothoe Atsidakos. With an all-out effort, AnÐaRaHy's Edwin van der Sar threw himself towards the right post 79 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Maurício Bittencourt, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 81 minutes in the game Witalis Konopka did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Xande Solitario. Bruno Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leopoldo Gaxan in the 87th minute of play. Bruno Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xande Solitario in the 91st minute of play. Eskil Gustafsson's late challenge caught a Ｕｎｉãｏ Ｓｐｏｒｔ Ｃｌｕｂｅ Ｐａｒｅｄｅｓ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eskil Gustafsson helped the player get up and apologised.