World League

La Polvera de Boca
Spectators: 7463 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Benicio Osasun started the match with the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Armando Meireles managed to get in a good position for a shot. Exército Português's supporters rose to their feet, but Armando Meireles was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jerom Quvelirs breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Soveral in the 12th minute of play forced El Retorno de Palermo's goalkeeper Jerom Quvelirs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute Bruno Soveral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerom Quvelirs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 16th minute, Armando Meireles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Exército Português fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. If Armando Meireles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, Exército Português's Robert Przybylski got a free kick in the 25th minute. Mikus Linkūns took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 26th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Laurențiu Gaciu. Exército Português's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, Exército Português's goal looked a bit too open when Mikus Linkūns came free, but Laurențiu Gaciu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jerom Quvelirs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Feliks Maurycy, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. 32 minutes had been played when some careless play by El Retorno de Palermo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gustavo Carrasqueira was slow to take the kick. During this time Exército Português's players had a chance to rest. Cyryl Marczyniec's late challenge caught a Exército Português's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cyryl Marczyniec helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to El Retorno de Palermo getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Cyryl Marczyniec hit a great ball. In the 40th minute, Bruno Soveral made a precise shot to the right of Jerom Quvelirs. El Retorno de Palermo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Feliks Maurycy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 51st minute Bruno Soveral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerom Quvelirs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aldo Fernanco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Laurențiu Gaciu having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Feliks Maurycy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Exército Português fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Armando Meireles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Jerom Quvelirs made a huge save. 59 minutes into the match, Armando Meireles dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jerom Quvelirs, 0-4. After 63 played minutes El Retorno de Palermo got a freekick which was hit by Nunez Walme. Armando Meireles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Jerom Quvelirs made a huge save. 70 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Soveral came free, but Jerom Quvelirs reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Exército Português's Abel Carvalhais got a free kick in the 71st minute. Jerom Quvelirs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aybar Hasret in the 75th minute of the match. Toro Lindø hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Videl in the 80th minute of play forced Exército Português's goalkeeper Laurențiu Gaciu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jerom Quvelirs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armando Meireles in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 88th match minute, El Retorno de Palermo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cyryl Marczyniec to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Gustavo Carrasqueira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Exército Português's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustavo Carrasqueira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jerom Quvelirs breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. El Retorno de Palermo's Jerom Quvelirs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aybar Hasret in the 90th minute of play. 92 minutes had been played when some careless play by El Retorno de Palermo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gustavo Carrasqueira was slow to take the kick. During this time Exército Português's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Aybar Hasret almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but El Retorno de Palermo's Jerom Quvelirs did a great save. 95 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Armando Meireles came free, but Jerom Quvelirs reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The El Retorno de Palermo fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Exército Português were clearly better and deserved to take the win.