World League

Estádio Marcos Mazer
Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Marcello Lewandowski made the kick off and thus started the match. Obidimkpa Szablewski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edvin van der Saar having to interfere. Tribos's Edvin van der Saar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kirk Sperling in the 7th minute of play. Edvin van der Saar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicko Kličko, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Mulgimaa Kosilased's Aleksander Pliszka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcello Lewandowski in the 11th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcello Lewandowski got free with Aleksander Pliszka in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcello Lewandowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcello Lewandowski in the 17th minute of play forced Mulgimaa Kosilased's goalkeeper Aleksander Pliszka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tribos's Edvin van der Saar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicko Kličko in the 20th minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Marcello Lewandowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tribos fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Marcello Lewandowski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aleksander Pliszka. That made the score 3-0 in the 28 minute of play. After 37 played minutes Mulgimaa Kosilased got a freekick which was hit by Brandon Gambin. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcello Lewandowski got free with Aleksander Pliszka in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcello Lewandowski in the 41st minute of play forced Mulgimaa Kosilased's goalkeeper Aleksander Pliszka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Nicko Kličko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edvin van der Saar was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. In the 44th minute Mulgimaa Kosilased were awarded a corner. Juhan Veeru went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Tribos's goalie and right to Nicko Kličko. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Tribos's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal.

The wind increased when Nicko Kličko made the kick off in the second half. Edvin van der Saar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicko Kličko, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Mulgimaa Kosilased's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Juhan Veeru in the 57th minute. Mulgimaa Kosilased's Juhan Veeru was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Edvin van der Saar in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 59 minutes into the match, Tribos's Marcello Lewandowski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aleksander Pliszka narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Aleksander Pliszka came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Tribos's Marcello Lewandowski. But to his dismay, Marcello Lewandowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Tribos's Zé Paulo da Fonseca was substituted for Marcel Urbano. Tribos's Marcello Lewandowski got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 74 minutes into the game, Mulgimaa Kosilased's Kirk Sperling nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Edvin van der Saar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. Edvin van der Saar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Obidimkpa Szablewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Marcello Lewandowski came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Tribos 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 Marcello Lewandowski couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Mulgimaa Kosilased getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Pavel Valing hit a great ball. Aleksander Pliszka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcello Lewandowski in the 83rd minute of play. Aleksander Pliszka came out of the goal in the 83rd minute to try and stop a shot by Tribos's Marcello Lewandowski. But to his dismay, Marcello Lewandowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. Marcello Lewandowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 86th minute, Adélio Pinhal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 89 played minutes, Mulgimaa Kosilased's Juhan Veeru shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Edvin van der Saar came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Mulgimaa Kosilased reached it. In the 95th minute Nicko Kličko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edvin van der Saar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Cristiano Faria had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tribos were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Mulgimaa Kosilased for a fine match.