World League

Elbląg Arena
Spectators: 7454 (Terracing: 5591, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luke Clist made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Palmeiras booed when Cielii FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tadeusz Poling didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 5th minute, Qarabulud La Forgia 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. The audience was convinced that Luke Clist's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Songur Çelikyay was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Palmeiras's Valdir Lopes got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 16th minute Palmeiras were awarded a corner. Valdir Lopes went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Palmeiras's corner Valdir Lopes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Songur Çelikyay quite easily take care of the ball. Palmeiras's Régis de Queirós proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Palmeiras from getting a goal against them. After 20 minutes Palmeiras's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Boruc Orling who took care of the corner kick. In the 26th minute, Roderick Oosterhof hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Songur Çelikyay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qarabulud La Forgia, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Palmeiras's Luke Clist got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Palmeiras fans' excitement grew in the 35th match minute when Palmeiras's Luke Clist looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 41st minute Luke Clist shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Songur Çelikyay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Luke Clist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Songur Çelikyay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Qarabulud La Forgia, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Songur Çelikyay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luke Clist, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Songur Çelikyay took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qarabulud La Forgia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Manolo Rey stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With his leg Songur Çelikyay managed to avoid a goal in the 51stth minute, when Palmeiras's Luke Clist fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Qarabulud La Forgia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Songur Çelikyay made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kléberson Neiva in the 54th minute of play forced Cielii FC's goalkeeper Songur Çelikyay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qarabulud La Forgia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Songur Çelikyay read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. The supporters of Palmeiras booed when Cielii FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wasyl Czarnecki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Palmeiras's Tarcisio Reis was substituted for Kléberson Neiva. After 62 played minutes Cielii FC got a freekick which was hit by Wasyl Czarnecki. Songur Çelikyay made an important save on a dangerous shot by Qarabulud La Forgia in the 63rd minute. 69 minutes into the match, Cielii FC's goal looked a bit too open when Leonardo Donato came free, but Songur Çelikyay reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Régis de Queirós made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tadeusz Poling in the 70th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Luke Clist 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. Manolo Rey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Régis de Queirós having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Izydor Radzyminski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Régis de Queirós was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. Cielii FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 84th minute, when Qarabulud La Forgia scored to the left of an out of position Songur Çelikyay, making the score, 0-3. 86 minutes into the game, Gusmão Bettencourt was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Palmeiras's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cielii FC the free kick. A collision led to Palmeiras getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Gusmão Bettencourt hit a great ball. Izydor Radzyminski hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Luke Clist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Palmeiras's Qarabulud La Forgia got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Cielii FC booed when Palmeiras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roderick Oosterhof didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tadeusz Poling in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Régis de Queirós prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The Cielii FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Palmeiras's performance. The match ended with a win for Palmeiras.