World League

Arena Guará
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ronaldão Paulista took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute of the match, Tiago Gabriel Vieira got a very nice opportunity to score, but Edward Jönsson was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 13th minute of the game. One of FC rossoneri SENICA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Guará FC:s goal. Guará FC's Tiago Gabriel Vieira got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Izydor Dzerwucki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Jânio Furlan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Guará FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ronaldão Paulista in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute, Tiago Gabriel Vieira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edward Jönsson was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. After 31 minutes, Izydor Dzerwucki mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC rossoneri SENICA and the Guará FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, FC rossoneri SENICA's Izydor Dzerwucki got a free kick in the 31st minute. 33 minutes into the match, FC rossoneri SENICA's Tomáš Krupec sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jânio Furlan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 36 minutes, Tiago Gabriel Vieira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Guará FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tiago Gabriel Vieira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. FC rossoneri SENICA's Matej Homola got a good chance for a goal in the 39th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 40th minute Izydor Dzerwucki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jânio Furlan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Guará FC's Tiago Gabriel Vieira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Edward Jönsson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 46 minutes into the game, Peter Lajčin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC rossoneri SENICA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Guará FC the free kick. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tomáš Krupec was the one to do the kick off. Jânio Furlan made a fantastic save in the 50th minute, when Izydor Dzerwucki sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldão Paulista in the 52nd minute of play forced FC rossoneri SENICA's goalkeeper Edward Jönsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guará FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ronaldão Paulista in the 55th minute. After taking down the ball on Guará FC's corner Ronaldão Paulista fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edward Jönsson quite easily take care of the ball. 58 minutes into the game, Matej Homola cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Jânio Furlan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Izydor Dzerwucki got free with Jânio Furlan in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Matej Homola had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. FC rossoneri SENICA made a substitution. Jozef Pálka replaced Tomáš Krupec. After a rather tough play, Guará FC's Kristian Beckenbauer got a free kick in the 68th minute. Efraim Bombardier's late challenge caught a FC rossoneri SENICA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Efraim Bombardier helped the player get up and apologised. Efraim Bombardier hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Edward Jönsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tiago Gabriel Vieira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edward Jönsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erlingur Haaland, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 90 minutes, Erik Berky made it 3-3 with a short kick to the right side. Guará FC's Jânio Furlan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.