World League

João Marcatto
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Abelardo Bezerra started the match with the kick off. Antoni Olejarz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Bezerra in the 7th minute of the match. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Phantasy World's goalkeeper Antoni Olejarz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Antoni Olejarz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Bezerra in the 16th minute of the match. Antoni Olejarz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Bezerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Phantasy World's Antoni Olejarz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abelardo Bezerra in the 24th minute of play. 26 minutes into the game, Phantasy World's José Maria Neiva nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Leonardo Da Vinci made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Bezerra in the 40th minute of play forced Phantasy World's goalkeeper Antoni Olejarz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when José Maria Neiva stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Phantasy World's goal looked a bit too open when Abelardo Bezerra came free, but Antoni Olejarz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abelardo Bezerra in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Antoni Olejarz prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 56th minute of the game. One of G.E. Juventus FSCMZ:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Phantasy World:s goal. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ:s Leonardo Da Vinci showed great skill when he stopped José Maria Neiva:s penalty. After 61 minutes of play, Phantasy World's José Maria Neiva made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonardo Da Vinci was left in no man's land by his defense there! G.E. Juventus FSCMZ made a substitution. Achilleas Stefanakis replaced Christian Pulisic. Phantasy World's 姜星桑 was substituted for José Maria Neiva. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ made a substitution. Giuseppe Paes replaced Don Lalo. 74 minutes into the match, G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when 姜星桑 came free, but Leonardo Da Vinci reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 75th minute Phantasy World were awarded a corner. Zhuo Kang Chen went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goalie and right to Zdzislaw Kręcina. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Antoni Olejarz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Achilleas Stefanakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 95th minute, Abelardo Bezerra left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The G.E. Juventus FSCMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. The G.E. Juventus FSCMZ supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Phantasy World's performance. The match ended with a win for Phantasy World.