World League

Darcy Ribeiro
Spectators: 7611 (Terracing: 5709, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Agostinho Almeida kicked off to start the match. Mauro Eliazar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Poul Stanković went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 7th minute, Bjørn Ironside made a precise shot to the right of Mauro Eliazar. Juventudes Libertárias's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Mauro Eliazar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bjørn Ironside in the 9th minute. 11 minutes into the match, Clube Audax Metropolitano's Poul Stanković sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mauro Eliazar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 11th play minute Poul Stanković came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Mauro Eliazar. 3-0. Mauro Eliazar made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Bjørn Ironside sent off a good shot on target. In the 22nd match minute, Clube Audax Metropolitano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bjørn Ironside to maneuver through the defense. Santo Lano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexsandro Simão in the 27th minute of the match. Mauro Eliazar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Poul Stanković, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Poul Stanković succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 5-0 in the 35th playminute. Mauro Eliazar was out of position in the 43 minute of play, and Bjørn Ironside capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Bjørn Ironside really showed his touch with that goal: 6-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bjørn Ironside was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute Bjørn Ironside shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Eliazar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mauro Eliazar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Poul Stanković in the 55th minute of the match. Mauro Eliazar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Poul Stanković in the 57th minute of the match. Santo Lano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ritvaldis Rau in the 61st minute of play. Clube Audax Metropolitano's Osvaldinho de Queiroz was substituted for Emirşah Berkman. Clube Audax Metropolitano's Bruno Aleixo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Alexsandro Simão, made in the 67th minute of the game. 71 minutes into the match, Clube Audax Metropolitano's Poul Stanković sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mauro Eliazar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 72ndth minute of the game Poul Stanković who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Juventudes Libertárias's Mauro Eliazar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 77th minute Poul Stanković shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mauro Eliazar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Poul Stanković scored 7-0 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mauro Eliazar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 86th match minute, Juventudes Libertárias was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonel Faria to maneuver through the defense. 86 minutes into the match, Poul Stanković notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Juventudes Libertárias's Mauro Eliazar. Mauro Eliazar was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 89thth minute of the game Poul Stanković who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Juventudes Libertárias's Mauro Eliazar was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Juventudes Libertárias's goalkeeper Mauro Eliazar, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 93 minutes into the match, Clube Audax Metropolitano's Poul Stanković sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mauro Eliazar narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 95 played minutes Juventudes Libertárias got a freekick which was hit by Agostinho Almeida. Mauro Eliazar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Poul Stanković in the 96th minute of the match. Clube Audax Metropolitano walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.