World League

Tigris Arena
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) BRASIL.Sp's Eustratios Pechlifanis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Luís Guilherme Marques made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anak Selby in the 3rd minute of play. Leopoldo Azevedo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Durval Campidelis got a throw-in 13 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Luciano Salles. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 15th minute of the game. One of BRASIL.Sp:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Bandung Tigers:s goal. When the match had been going on for 16 minutes, Bandung Tigers's Xiao Jie De got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Luís Guilherme Marques. Anak Selby blasted a shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luís Guilherme Marques having to make a save. BRASIL.Sp's Luís Guilherme Marques proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save BRASIL.Sp from getting a goal against them. Luís Guilherme Marques made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Anak Selby sent off a good shot on target. After 26 minutes of play, Bandung Tigers's Anak Selby made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Guilherme Marques was left in no man's land by his defense there! Leopoldo Azevedo might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luís Guilherme Marques. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leopoldo Azevedo ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 32nd match minute, BRASIL.Sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Faustão Sá to maneuver through the defense. In the 37thth minute of the game Anak Selby who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BRASIL.Sp's Luís Guilherme Marques was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A nice corner shot did that Wang Zheng Yun got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Luís Guilherme Marques quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Bandung Tigers's Anak Selby in the 44th minute got a chance for a shot 44th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BRASIL.Sp's goalie prevented a goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anak Selby to strike the kick off in the second half. Anak Selby might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luís Guilherme Marques. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Anak Selby ran back to his position shaking his head. Luís Guilherme Marques took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anak Selby, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hugo Corrêa kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Hugo Corrêa hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Azevedo in the 58th minute of play forced BRASIL.Sp's goalkeeper Luís Guilherme Marques to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute, Anak Selby 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. In the 69th minute, Anak Selby ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luís Guilherme Marques was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. BRASIL.Sp made a substitution. Robertinho Teodorowski replaced Eusébio Barros. Mekki Item was a little too slow when Almir Matos got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 76th minute. The score was now 4-1. Leopoldo Azevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Luís Guilherme Marques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 83rd minute, Faustão Sá hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 85 minutes, Wang Zheng Yun managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bandung Tigers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wang Zheng Yun was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Reynaldo Rossi made in the 88th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Almir Matos. In the 91st minute, Homero Azteca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd play minute Mario Jardeløv came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Mekki Item. 4-2. When the referee ended the match the Bandung Tigers players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.