World League

Patria Grande
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tom Hermansson took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Exército Português's goal looked a bit too open when Tom Hermansson came free, but Laurențiu Gaciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 8th minute Tom Hermansson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laurențiu Gaciu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Teodosio Iigo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bruno Soveral's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. Teodosio Iigo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Meireles in the 12th minute of the match. Laurențiu Gaciu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tom Hermansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. AZURDUY F.C.'s Teodosio Iigo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bruno Soveral in the 16th minute of play. When Armando Meireles came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Exército Português fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Armando Meireles couldn't finish the play. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by Exército Português's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Károly Bogdán was slow to take the kick. During this time AZURDUY F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. In the 24th minute Armando Meireles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teodosio Iigo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Armando Meireles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tom Hermansson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Laurențiu Gaciu having to make a save. Laurențiu Gaciu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tom Hermansson in the 31st minute of the match. Laurențiu Gaciu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tom Hermansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Laurențiu Gaciu came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by AZURDUY F.C.'s Tom Hermansson. But to his dismay, Tom Hermansson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. The AZURDUY F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 46th match minute when AZURDUY F.C.'s Tom Hermansson looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Armando Meireles to make the kick off. Teodosio Iigo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno Soveral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AZURDUY F.C.'s Teodosio Iigo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save AZURDUY F.C. from getting a goal against them. Through an outstanding action, after 62 minutes, Teodosio Iigo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Exército Português made a substitution. Aybar Hasret replaced Feliks Maurycy. AZURDUY F.C.'s Berker Soytekin was substituted for Elpidio Laurgain. Sun Feng Chen made in the 67th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Exército Português's Aybar Hasret. Teodosio Iigo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Armando Meireles in the 67th minute. In the 68th match minute, Exército Português was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ian Van Den Driessche to maneuver through the defense. Exército Português's Laurențiu Gaciu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tom Hermansson in the 70th minute of play. Teodosio Iigo made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Armando Meireles sent off a good shot on target. Laurențiu Gaciu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tom Hermansson in the 75th minute of play. Tom Hermansson might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Laurențiu Gaciu. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tom Hermansson ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bruno Soveral got free with Teodosio Iigo in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 87th match minute, Exército Português was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ian Van Den Driessche to maneuver through the defense. When AZURDUY F.C.'s Tom Hermansson in the 88th minute got a chance for a shot 88th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Exército Português's goalie prevented a goal. In the 90th match minute, AZURDUY F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sun Feng Chen to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute, Niclas Füllkrug 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. 95 minutes into the match, Exército Português's Armando Meireles sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Teodosio Iigo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. AZURDUY F.C.'s supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.