World League

HYRULE TRIFORCE PARK
Spectators: 7543 (Terracing: 5659, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Bernardino Ipar took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute, Luiz Paulo de Lima reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Martin Alexa. The goal made the score 1-0. Martin Alexa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filomeno De Putter in the 8th minute of the match. Cristian Salles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Robert Baita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 13 minutes into the match, Triforce Super Soccer's goal looked a bit too open when Bernardino Ipar came free, but Cristian Salles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard shot 14 in the game by Filomeno De Putter from a close distance when the talented Martin Alexa managed to make a qualified save. TAXI-MM-'s players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacek Krzynowek in the 18th minute of play forced Triforce Super Soccer's goalkeeper Cristian Salles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristian Salles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardino Ipar, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Paulo de Lima in the 44th minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Filomeno De Putter to make the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Xu Nan Kun in the 51st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Triforce Super Soccer's Jean-Pascal Croissant. Martin Alexa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Paulo de Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. 54 minutes into the match, Luiz Paulo de Lima notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of TAXI-MM-'s Martin Alexa. Martin Alexa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Paulo de Lima in the 56th minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Triforce Super Soccer's goalkeeper Cristian Salles had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bernardino Ipar. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by TAXI-MM-'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Aldo Calçada was slow to take the kick. During this time Triforce Super Soccer's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Aldo Calçada got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Martin Alexa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Baita in the 68th minute of play forced Triforce Super Soccer's goalkeeper Cristian Salles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filomeno De Putter in the 75th minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Martin Alexa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Paulo de Lima, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Luiz Paulo de Lima scored 3-1 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Martin Alexa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jacek Krzynowek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Cristian Salles made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Paulo de Lima in the 93rd minute of play forced TAXI-MM-'s goalkeeper Martin Alexa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 93 minutes into the match, TAXI-MM-'s goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Paulo de Lima came free, but Martin Alexa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Triforce Super Soccer were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of TAXI-MM- for a fine match.