World League

Allianz Parque
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marek Roosipuu got the match started through his kick off. Elano Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Škarpa in the 4th minute of the match. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Palmeiras - Tia Leila's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mieszko Barniszke was slow to take the kick. During this time Concordia Knurów's players had a chance to rest. Hong Zheng Zhan made a great header on Concordia Knurów's corner, it was just that Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 8th minute, Marek Roosipuu made a precise shot to the right of Elano Rezende. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 11 minutes into the match, Caco Barbosa dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Lucjan Bielejewski, 1-1. Elano Rezende made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marek Roosipuu in the 15th minute of play. Elano Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Igor Škarpa in the 18th minute of the match. Mieszko Barniszke, 20 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 30 minutes into the match, Palmeiras - Tia Leila's goal looked a bit too open when Igor Škarpa came free, but Elano Rezende reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elano Rezende made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marek Roosipuu in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute Hong Zheng Zhan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elano Rezende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Radomir Pusiak in the 38th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Joachim Svenkerud. Radomir Pusiak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Elano Rezende tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marek Roosipuu in the 42nd minute of play forced Palmeiras - Tia Leila's goalkeeper Elano Rezende to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marek Roosipuu took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Elano Rezende. Elano Rezende dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Caco Barbosa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 58 minutes Palmeiras - Tia Leila's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Mieszko Barniszke who took care of the corner kick. Concordia Knurów's Mieszko Barniszke was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Elano Rezende in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. A hard shot 63 in the game by Marek Roosipuu from a close distance when the talented Elano Rezende managed to make a qualified save. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's players were relieved. Lucjan Bielejewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Caco Barbosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. The audience was convinced that Genílson Mandrak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lucjan Bielejewski was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Elano Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacek Biskupiak in the 71st minute of the match. 72 minutes into the match, Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Genílson Mandrak sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lucjan Bielejewski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 73rd minute Marek Roosipuu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elano Rezende saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marek Roosipuu in the 77th minute of play. With a little luck, Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Elano Rezende got control of the ball when Hong Zheng Zhan tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 81 played minutes Palmeiras - Tia Leila got a freekick which was hit by Haroldo Lendaa. Concordia Knurów's Pankracy Michnik shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 82nd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Elano Rezende but with some difficulty. Marek Roosipuu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Elano Rezende tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Palmeiras - Tia Leila's Luizinho Quadros was substituted for Caco Barbosa. When Luizinho Quadros came up free with the goalie in the 91st minute, the Palmeiras - Tia Leila 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 Luizinho Quadros couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded Concordia Knurów left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Palmeiras - Tia Leila.