World League

Morumbi
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leonidas Orange took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, S.C.PAULISTA's goal looked a bit too open when Szczepan Ikalewicz came free, but Lucas Maciel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 14 minutes of play, Westbam's Tolek Pyrzyce made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucas Maciel was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gwidon Iwanowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from César Eger in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute, S.C.PAULISTA's Leonidas Orange ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gwidon Iwanowski. Gwidon Iwanowski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. 21 minutes into the match, Westbam's goal looked a bit too open when César Eger came free, but Gwidon Iwanowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leonidas Orange received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Gwidon Iwanowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute, S.C.PAULISTA's César Eger ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gwidon Iwanowski. Gwidon Iwanowski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-1. In the 31st minute, Tolek Pyrzyce ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lucas Maciel was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Gwidon Iwanowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from César Eger in the 33rd minute of the match. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by Westbam's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jorge Neto was slow to take the kick. During this time S.C.PAULISTA's players had a chance to rest. In the 36th minute, S.C.PAULISTA's Leonidas Orange ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Gwidon Iwanowski. Gwidon Iwanowski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. 40 minutes into the game, Tolek Pyrzyce cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Lucas Maciel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Szczepan Ikalewicz was the one to do the kick off. Gwidon Iwanowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonidas Orange in the 51st minute of the match. After 51 minutes, Janusz Murdza mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Westbam and the S.C.PAULISTA players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 51st match minute, Westbam was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Janusz Murdza to maneuver through the defense. In the 56th minute César Eger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gwidon Iwanowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. César Eger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Gwidon Iwanowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Westbam's Gwidon Iwanowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by César Eger in the 66th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Damian Pordea during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Westbam getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Damian Pordea hit a great ball. If Leonidas Orange had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 81 played minutes Westbam got a freekick which was hit by Ulryk Mitus. Leonidas Orange might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gwidon Iwanowski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leonidas Orange ran back to his position shaking his head. Westbam's Gwidon Iwanowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by César Eger in the 83rd minute of play. Leonidas Orange sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Westbam's Gwidon Iwanowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by César Eger in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonidas Orange in the 88th minute of play forced Westbam's goalkeeper Gwidon Iwanowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gwidon Iwanowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from César Eger, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Gwidon Iwanowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from César Eger in the 93rd minute of the match. Gwidon Iwanowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonidas Orange, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. S.C.PAULISTA had won after a very even match.