World League

Nilton Santos
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when 邵耀兴 made the kick off which started today's match. After 6 minutes Set Fire's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was 邵耀兴 who took care of the corner kick. 邵耀兴 made a great header on REAL VASCO RIO's corner, it was just that Set Fire's Delmiro Rosalio managed to reach the ball for a save. If 邵耀兴 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Franklin Galvão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Delmiro Rosalio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th minute 邵耀兴 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delmiro Rosalio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Delmiro Rosalio came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by REAL VASCO RIO's Julian Petri. But to his dismay, Julian Petri quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 33 minutes into the match, 邵耀兴 notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Set Fire's Delmiro Rosalio. Delmiro Rosalio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 39th minute of the match Rogério Pedrosa sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but 谢永榕 skillfully saved the ball. Delmiro Rosalio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 邵耀兴, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 47thth minute of the game Daniel Dziura who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but REAL VASCO RIO's 谢永榕 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Set Fire's defense didn't have a chance, in the 54th minute, when 邵耀兴 scored to the left of an out of position Delmiro Rosalio, making the score, 0-3. 57 minutes into the match, REAL VASCO RIO's 邵耀兴 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Delmiro Rosalio narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, REAL VASCO RIO's Gigi Griguță got a free kick in the 61st minute. 谢永榕 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Montinho in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, 邵耀兴 reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Delmiro Rosalio. The goal made the score 0-4. In the 70th minute, 邵耀兴 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. 邵耀兴 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Delmiro Rosalio came out and tried to block the shot, but 邵耀兴 slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 72nd minute. Delmiro Rosalio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of 邵耀兴's shot from short distance in the 75th minute. Delmiro Rosalio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 邵耀兴, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When 邵耀兴 came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the REAL VASCO RIO 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 邵耀兴 couldn't finish the play. 邵耀兴 recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. REAL VASCO RIO played a much better game than Set Fire and deserved their victory. The Set Fire players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.