World League

Arena do Dragão
Spectators: 7446 (Terracing: 5586, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Pura Arte F.C's Lui Vandré 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. Rodrigo Vidal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Federico Di Iorio went, in the 2nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. With his leg Davide Conte managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when Pura Arte F.C's Lui Vandré fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Lui Vandré came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Pura Arte F.C fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lui Vandré couldn't finish the play. Lui Vandré might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Davide Conte. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lui Vandré ran back to his position shaking his head. Lui Vandré's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 16thth minute, Davide Conte skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Florian Stumpo kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Rodrigo Vidal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Federico Di Iorio, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Rodrigo Vidal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Federico Di Iorio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Lui Vandré kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Davide Conte. That made the score 1-1 in the 23 minute of play. Fortunato Carlini kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Antonio Di Donato in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rodrigo Vidal prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 42 minutes, Ciro Cino mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alba FC and the Pura Arte F.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ciro Cino kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Pura Arte F.C's Kenneth Mager got a free kick in the 46th minute. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Donato Amatori made the kick off in the second half. Lui Vandré might have been able to make a better finish in the 58th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Davide Conte. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lui Vandré ran back to his position shaking his head. Lui Vandré sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Davide Conte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lui Vandré, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lui Vandré in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Davide Conte saved Alba FC from getting behind. Antonio Di Donato's late challenge caught a Pura Arte F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Antonio Di Donato helped the player get up and apologised. In the 65th match minute, Alba FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonio Di Donato to maneuver through the defense. If Lui Vandré had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 71stth minute of the game Lui Vandré who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alba FC's Davide Conte was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 75th minute Federico Di Iorio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rodrigo Vidal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lui Vandré fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Davide Conte having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Pura Arte F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Federico Di Iorio came free, but Rodrigo Vidal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kenneth Mager kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. When Pura Arte F.C's Lui Vandré in the 84th minute got a chance for a shot 84th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Alba FC's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Lui Vandré's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Davide Conte was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Federico Di Iorio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Rodrigo Vidal made a huge save. Davide Conte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lui Vandré in the 90th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Alba FC's zone, Lui Vandré stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Davide Conte came out of the goal and Lui Vandré tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 94th minute, Lui Vandré 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 95th minute, one of Alba FC: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 Alba FC. Pura Arte F.C's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.