World League

Gigante do Itibere
Spectators: 7462 (Terracing: 5597, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Simon Brun took the kick off in the first half of the match. After having played for 6 minutes, Otsoko Balmaceda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lech Max's supporters crossed their fingers, but Otsoko Balmaceda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The throw-in from Ralph Dolby in the 10th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Fast layne Fc's Enéas Gaspar. Sandrinho Veiga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norbert Kolacki in the 18th minute of play. Lech Max's attentive Ralph Dolby managed to snatch the ball when Enéas Gaspar made a throw-in in the 21st minute of the game. After 25 minutes of play, Fast layne Fc's Simon Brun made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gwidon Dubilas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lech Max's Gwidon Dubilas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Simon Brun in the 27th minute of play. Konstanty Zielinski kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Nuno Rangel hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Otsoko Balmaceda made the kick off in the second half. Sandrinho Veiga made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Norbert Kolacki sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Lech Max getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Krzysztof Bycofski hit a great ball. Lech Max's Otsoko Balmaceda got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 63rd minute Lech Max were awarded a corner. Norbert Kolacki went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Lech Max's Norbert Kolacki to fire away a dangerous shot which Sandrinho Veiga despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Sandrinho Veiga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otsoko Balmaceda in the 64th minute of the match. A collision led to Lech Max getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Fortunato Vino hit a great ball. Roy Maciver took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 74th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Gwidon Dubilas. Lech Max's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 76 minutes, Egídio Vinhas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fast layne Fc and the Lech Max players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 78th minute, Krzysztof Bycofski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sandrinho Veiga was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 83rd minute, Norbert Kolacki 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. Fast layne Fc made a substitution. Paulo Renato Trevisan replaced Nuno Rangel. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norbert Kolacki in the 86th minute of play forced Fast layne Fc's goalkeeper Sandrinho Veiga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Lech Max's Sandrinho Veiga threw himself towards the right post 90 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Sinan Şiraz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 96th minute Marco van Basten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gwidon Dubilas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fast layne Fc succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Lech Max had controlled the match.