World League

Arena Resenha
Spectators: 7455 (Terracing: 5592, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Güray Arıkhan started the match with the kick off. Marc Linz came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Bandelocos's Luiz Guilherme Varela. But to his dismay, Luiz Guilherme Varela quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's zone, Luiz Guilherme Varela stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marc Linz came out of the goal and Luiz Guilherme Varela tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Marc Linz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Guilherme Varela in the 13th minute of play. After 17 minutes of play, Bandelocos's Valdir Garcia made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marc Linz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Luiz Guilherme Varela in the 26th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marc Linz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Luiz Guilherme Varela came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Bandelocos 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 Luiz Guilherme Varela couldn't finish the play. In the 31st minute Luiz Guilherme Varela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marc Linz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Birol Gezer during the 33rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Birol Gezer hit a great ball. Luiz Guilherme Varela recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bandelocos's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Billy Dowdall in the 42nd minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valdir Garcia made a kick off. Marc Linz was a little too slow when Luiz Guilherme Varela got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 55th minute. The score was now 0-3. In the 58th minute the ball was on its way in behind ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper Marc Linz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Billy Dowdall was slow to take the kick. During this time Bandelocos's players had a chance to rest. In the 62nd minute, Bandelocos's Luiz Guilherme Varela ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Marc Linz. Marc Linz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. 65 minutes into the match, Luiz Guilherme Varela had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marc Linz. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luiz Guilherme Varela was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Nilson do Vale showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Güray Arıkhan, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. With his leg Marc Linz managed to avoid a goal in the 69thth minute, when Bandelocos's Valdir Garcia fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Guilherme Varela in the 71st minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper Marc Linz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Luiz Guilherme Varela had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marc Linz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Guilherme Varela, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Marc Linz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ from getting a goal against them. Marc Linz made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Valdir Garcia sent off a good shot on target. In the 94th minute Luiz Guilherme Varela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marc Linz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Bandelocos had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.