World League

The White Oval
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Doug Walker in the 4th minute of play forced Austra 04 VFC's goalkeeper Hudson Gaúcho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 6 minutes into the game, Austra 04 VFC's Wellington Pires nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Francis Gurney made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Austra 04 VFC were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after The White Rovers's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Douglas Tande took the corner. The supporters of Austra 04 VFC booed when The White Rovers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francis Norfolk didn't get a good kick on the ball. 15 minutes into the game, Austra 04 VFC's Sócrates Silva nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Francis Gurney made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 17th minute, Sócrates Silva made a precise shot to the right of Francis Gurney. The White Rovers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. Wellington Pires sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sócrates Silva in the 30th minute of play forced The White Rovers's goalkeeper Francis Gurney to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Austra 04 VFC's Raúl Perez got a free kick in the 31st minute. Joel Dlyan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Hudson Gaúcho made a huge save. Francis Gurney didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wellington Pires went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. 39 minutes into the game, Austra 04 VFC's Wellington Pires nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Francis Gurney made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. 43 minutes into the match, The White Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Beila Mora came free, but Francis Gurney reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Francis Gurney showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wellington Pires in the 44th minute of the match.

50 minutes into the match, Wellington Pires notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of The White Rovers's Francis Gurney. Francis Gurney was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sócrates Silva scored 0-7 in the 55th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Francis Gurney, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The White Rovers's Francis Gurney played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wellington Pires in the 60th minute of play. Francis Gurney came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by Austra 04 VFC's Beila Mora. But to his dismay, Beila Mora quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-8. Sócrates Silva did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-9 to the left of a surprised Francis Gurney 67 minutes into the match. Francis Gurney didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Wellington Pires went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Sócrates Silva kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Francis Gurney. That made the score 0-11 in the 73 minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, The White Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Wellington Pires came free, but Francis Gurney reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, The White Rovers's goal looked a bit too open when Wellington Pires came free, but Francis Gurney reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After taking down the ball on Austra 04 VFC's corner Wellington Pires fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Francis Gurney quite easily take care of the ball. After 87 minutes of play, Austra 04 VFC's Sócrates Silva made it 0-13 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francis Gurney was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 90th minute, Austra 04 VFC's Sócrates Silva dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-14. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wellington Pires in the 94th minute of play forced The White Rovers's goalkeeper Francis Gurney to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th match minute, Austra 04 VFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zachary Madej to maneuver through the defense. In the 96th minute of the match Doug Walker sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hudson Gaúcho skillfully saved the ball. The The White Rovers fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Austra 04 VFC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.