World League

MEC
Spectators: 7616 (Terracing: 5713, Seating: 1751, VIP seats: 152) The supporters of MarquinhosEC booed when bullfinches was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rolando Tearle didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 11 minutes, Aimilios Manolas successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alessandro do Valle got free with Aimilios Manolas in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Harm de Freitas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Aimilios Manolas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25thth minute of the game Harm de Freitas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but bullfinches's Aimilios Manolas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a little luck, bullfinches's Aimilios Manolas got control of the ball when Alessandro do Valle tried to sneak it across the goal line. bullfinches's Aimilios Manolas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Harm de Freitas in the 29th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Harm de Freitas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aimilios Manolas was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. 33 minutes into the match, bullfinches's goalkeeper Aimilios Manolas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alessandro do Valle. When Cornel Cudalb fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored bullfinches's protests and gave Cornel Cudalb a yellow card for diving instead. When %teams%'s Harm de Freitas was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 3-0 just inside the left pole, 39 minutes into the game. Aimilios Manolas was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. In the 46th minute, Rolando Tearle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Liviu Zubaşcu to make the kick off. When the match clock showed 58 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Alessandro do Valle sped through bullfinches's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Aimilios Manolas. Aimilios Manolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harm de Freitas in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 63rd match minute, bullfinches was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rolando Tearle to maneuver through the defense. MarquinhosEC's Perivaldo Guimarães was substituted for Curt Montes. MarquinhosEC's Esteve Quinto was substituted for Mark Kovalev. In the 64th match minute, bullfinches was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rolando Tearle to maneuver through the defense. Harm de Freitas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Aimilios Manolas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. After 69 minutes, Harm de Freitas made it 6-0 with a short kick to the right side. bullfinches's Aimilios Manolas tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the bullfinches defense, Inácio Freitas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aimilios Manolas. The bullfinches fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aimilios Manolas should have stopped the shot. Matei Răducu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fabian Kaszubowski in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabian Kaszubowski in the 77th minute of play forced MarquinhosEC's goalkeeper Matei Răducu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Inácio Freitas in the 81st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aimilios Manolas saved bullfinches from getting behind. Inácio Freitas might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Aimilios Manolas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Inácio Freitas ran back to his position shaking his head. Aimilios Manolas didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when MarquinhosEC's Inácio Freitas shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 9-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Aimilios Manolas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Harm de Freitas's shot from short distance in the 93rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. MarquinhosEC had won after a very even match.