World League

ARENA
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Mala Riaño's late challenge caught a GRÊMIO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mala Riaño helped the player get up and apologised. 11 minutes into the game, one of Qijua F.C:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Qijua F.C:s Donzel Abasalo showed great skill when he stopped Silvério Pinheiro:s penalty. After 14 played minutes Qijua F.C got a freekick which was hit by Leandro Machado. GRÊMIO's Sergio Goicoechea played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laerte de Castro in the 16th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bixintxo Arbieto in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sergio Goicoechea saved GRÊMIO from getting behind. In the 22nd minute, Bixintxo Arbieto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Qijua F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 28th minute, one of Qijua F.C:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Qijua F.C. When the match had been going on for 30 minutes, GRÊMIO's Silvério Pinheiro 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 Donzel Abasalo. 34 minutes in the game, Silvério Pinheiro fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Donzel Abasalo having to interfere. After having played for 40 minutes, 史挺南 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GRÊMIO's supporters crossed their fingers, but 史挺南 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 史挺南 might have been able to make a better finish in the 42nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Donzel Abasalo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. 史挺南 ran back to his position shaking his head. When Qijua F.C's Bixintxo Arbieto in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye GRÊMIO's goalie prevented a goal. After 44 played minutes Qijua F.C got a freekick which was hit by Gualter Romero. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bixintxo Arbieto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Allan Andrade hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. In the 53rd minute, 史挺南 left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GRÊMIO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 57 minutes into the match, 史挺南 notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Qijua F.C's Donzel Abasalo. Donzel Abasalo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of GRÊMIO booed when Qijua F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luiz Eduardo Catarinense didn't get a good kick on the ball. Qijua F.C's Donzel Abasalo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 史挺南 in the 64th minute of play. After some careless play in the Qijua F.C defense, 史挺南 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Donzel Abasalo. The Qijua F.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Donzel Abasalo should have stopped the shot. If Laerte de Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 70th minute, 史挺南 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Donzel Abasalo was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-1. Sergio Goicoechea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacinto Ortiz in the 75th minute of the match. Donzel Abasalo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abel Pirani in the 76th minute of the match. Donzel Abasalo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abel Pirani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Abel Pirani put it in 6-1 from a short distance just to the right of Donzel Abasalo. Luiz Gustavo Mazza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Donzel Abasalo having to interfere. Donzel Abasalo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Silvério Pinheiro went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-1 was the resulting score. Luiz Gustavo Mazza's late challenge caught a Qijua F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luiz Gustavo Mazza helped the player get up and apologised. Luiz Gustavo Mazza hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. 94 minutes into the match, Qijua F.C's goal looked a bit too open when 史挺南 came free, but Donzel Abasalo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bixintxo Arbieto was extremely unlucky when he, in the 95th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The GRÊMIO fans cheered their team off the field, for while Qijua F.C had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.