World League

Arena Piratini
Spectators: 7466 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 110) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Juvenal dos Santos started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Vladimir do Vale ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dávid Kárpáti was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Ladislav Telepovský didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alfredo Quirce went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Grêmio Santo André's Jeferson Santana slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dávid Kárpáti. That made the score 2-1 after 16 minutes of play. Güvenç Kutalmış charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Güvenç Kutalmış the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 19 played minutes Grêmio Santo André got a freekick which was hit by Güvenç Kutalmış. Alfredo Quirce's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ladislav Telepovský read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 22nd minute of play. Grêmio Santo André's Ladislav Telepovský played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Quirce in the 28th minute of play. In the 29th match minute, Cuervos Galácticos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquin Ranolfo to maneuver through the defense. Dávid Kárpáti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vladimir do Vale in the 34th minute. In the 40th minute, Alfredo Quirce 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. Generoso Balasi hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Alfredo Quirce made the kick off in the second half. Vladimir do Vale recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 57th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dávid Kárpáti showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Levandovskiy in the 60th minute of the match. Juvenal dos Santos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dávid Kárpáti having to interfere. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind Grêmio Santo André's goalkeeper Ladislav Telepovský, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cuervos Galácticos's Genaro Donzel was substituted for Gavino Guifre. The throw-in from Benedito Freire in the 71st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Cuervos Galácticos's Generoso Balasi. Alfredo Quirce could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Ladislav Telepovský made a huge save. Cuervos Galácticos's Dávid Kárpáti played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristiano Levandovskiy in the 74th minute of play. Alfredo Quirce fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ladislav Telepovský having to interfere. Alfredo Quirce blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ladislav Telepovský having to make a save. Jeferson Santana took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dávid Kárpáti. Dávid Kárpáti dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Alfredo Quirces short, quick shot in the 85thth minute got Ladislav Telepovský to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Grêmio Santo André's Ladislav Telepovský played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cayetano Lizbeth in the 88th minute of play. Cuervos Galácticos were awarded a corner in the 89th minute after Grêmio Santo André's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Froilan Guib took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Generoso Balasi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ladislav Telepovský quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Ladislav Telepovský was a little too slow when Alfredo Quirce got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 92nd minute. The score was now 3-2. Grêmio Santo André's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.