World League

Diamond Parck
Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bogdan Bogdanović started the match with the kick off. Sören Malmberg came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Altamora FC's Célio Leite. But to his dismay, Célio Leite quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Nae Lalescu hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. If Célio Leite had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Sören Malmberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Célio Leite in the 11th minute of play. 13 minutes into the game, Célio Leite cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Sören Malmberg was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A throw-in in the 19th minute of the game was made by Nae Lalescu with Golo Gana as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After a rather tough play, Altamora FC's Célio Leite got a free kick in the 21st minute. Tiburcio Liher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bogdan Bogdanović in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 26th minute Célio Leite shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sören Malmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th minute Célio Leite shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sören Malmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 31st minute, Célio Leite got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 33 minutes into the game, Nae Lalescu threw the ball into play from the sideline. Altamora FC's Rodrigo Leão quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Sören Malmberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Célio Leite, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute Célio Leite shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sören Malmberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Altamora FC's Tiburcio Liher proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save Altamora FC from getting a goal against them. Club 23's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dacian Săraru in the 43rd minute. Club 23's Dacian Săraru was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Tiburcio Liher in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 47th match minute, Altamora FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodrigo Leão to maneuver through the defense.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Célio Leite to make the kick off. Club 23's Petre Ciolofan was substituted for Emil Cioran. Altamora FC made a substitution. Osvaldo Vasques replaced Duarte Garcia. A throw-in in the 76th minute of the game was made by Dacian Săraru with Golo Gana as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 78th minute Golo Gana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiburcio Liher saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Célio Leite was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 83rd minute. Altamora FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Club 23's Golo Gana got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Golo Gana in the 91st minute of play forced Altamora FC's goalkeeper Tiburcio Liher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Altamora FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.