World League

MORUMBIS STADIUM
Spectators: 7695 (Terracing: 5772, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Epifanio Harkaitz started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Fran Guerola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lautaro Acosta in the 9th minute of the match. Yin Chuan Feng came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by S O B E R A N O CIMZ's Cristiano Ronaldinho. But to his dismay, Cristiano Ronaldinho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 17 minutes into the match, S O B E R A N O CIMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Marcin Danisiewicz came free, but Fran Guerola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. LEBRON's Jörn Scharff got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. S O B E R A N O CIMZ's Fran Guerola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcin Danisiewicz in the 21st minute of play. Fran Guerola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Epifanio Harkaitz, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. S O B E R A N O CIMZ's Jailson Barral managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ferdi Uluç in the 27 minute of the game. Jailson Barral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yin Chuan Feng having to interfere. After 29 played minutes LEBRON got a freekick which was hit by Ferdi Uluç. Through an outstanding action, after 30 minutes, Yin Chuan Feng successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Omar Beat made in the 32nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by S O B E R A N O CIMZ's Jailson Barral. 33 minutes into the match, Cristiano Ronaldinho dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Yin Chuan Feng, 2-0. Fran Guerola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcin Danisiewicz in the 35th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 40 minutes, Marcin Danisiewicz put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Fran Guerola. In the 42nd match minute, LEBRON was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonides Tajo to maneuver through the defense. Lautaro Acosta recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Dawid Wietrzychowski kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in LEBRON's zone, Leif-Eric St. Juste stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yin Chuan Feng came out of the goal and Leif-Eric St. Juste tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristiano Ronaldinho made a kick off. Marcin Danisiewicz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Fran Guerola made a huge save. In the 64th minute S O B E R A N O CIMZ were awarded a corner. Leif-Eric St. Juste went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Patrick Vaz managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. If Cristiano Ronaldinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Yin Chuan Feng showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Ronaldinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristiano Ronaldinho in the 68th minute of play forced LEBRON's goalkeeper Yin Chuan Feng to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cristiano Ronaldinho took the ball and in the 70 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yin Chuan Feng. Yin Chuan Feng dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. After 76 minutes LEBRON's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Leif-Eric St. Juste who took care of the corner kick. Ferdi Uluç tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Yin Chuan Feng. An unnecessary self made goal, 4-1 in the 76th minute. Fran Guerola took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lautaro Acosta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jailson Barral during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 81st match minute, S O B E R A N O CIMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jailson Barral to maneuver through the defense. 82 minutes into the match, Marcin Danisiewicz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Fran Guerola, 4-2. 87 minutes into the match, S O B E R A N O CIMZ's goalkeeper Fran Guerola had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ariel Lopez. Cristiano Ronaldinho scored 5-2 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Yin Chuan Feng, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ciro Berart's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Fran Guerola firmly grabbed it by the left post. The S O B E R A N O CIMZ support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.