World League

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Spectators: 7625 (Terracing: 5720, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marco Nogueira started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes, Christos Kanakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the DRUŻYNA ŚRODKA TABELI and the Cascatinha United players grew even worse after the yellow card. Christos Kanakis kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Cascatinha United's defense didn't have a chance, in the 9th minute, when Gilliam den Pelsmaeker scored to the left of an out of position Geovanni Hoffmann, making the score, 1-0. Jerzy Karaszkiewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Téo Leite, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Jerzy Karaszkiewicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santos Fidensio in the 18th minute of play. Jerzy Karaszkiewicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Nogueira in the 21st minute of the match. Osvaldo Bernebe's late challenge caught a DRUŻYNA ŚRODKA TABELI's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Osvaldo Bernebe helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Cascatinha United's Osvaldo Bernebe got a free kick in the 27th minute. In the 30thth minute of the game Marco Nogueira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but DRUŻYNA ŚRODKA TABELI's Jerzy Karaszkiewicz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Christos Kanakis got free with Geovanni Hoffmann in the 33rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Christos Kanakis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Geovanni Hoffmann. That made the score 2-0 in the 33 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bonifacio Bonifaco in the 39th minute of play forced DRUŻYNA ŚRODKA TABELI's goalkeeper Jerzy Karaszkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute of the match Cascatinha United got a corner. DRUŻYNA ŚRODKA TABELI's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Abelardo Nascimento ran over to the corner to take the kick. 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Christos Kanakis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Geovanni Hoffmann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christos Kanakis in the 51st minute of play. A collision led to Cascatinha United getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Gilmar Paranaense hit a great ball. Geovanni Hoffmann took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christos Kanakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christos Kanakis might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Geovanni Hoffmann. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Christos Kanakis ran back to his position shaking his head. After having played for 63 minutes, Téo Leite managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cascatinha United's supporters crossed their fingers, but Téo Leite was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Geovanni Hoffmann didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Christos Kanakis went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Christos Kanakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arnold Cockaerts recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cascatinha United's Geovanni Hoffmann played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cezary Kucharski in the 83rd minute of play. Arnold Cockaerts sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arnold Cockaerts in the 90th minute of play forced Cascatinha United's goalkeeper Geovanni Hoffmann to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee ended the match the DRUŻYNA ŚRODKA TABELI players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.