World League

Arena Demarchi
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Feliks Drzewucki got the match started through his kick off. Oscar Saldanha came out of the goal in the 2nd minute to try and stop a shot by Real Kuskatan C.F.'s Feliks Drzewucki. But to his dismay, Feliks Drzewucki quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Oscar Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lionel do Nascimento in the 11th minute of the match. When Alexsandro Britto came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Squadra Demarchi 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 Alexsandro Britto couldn't finish the play. Oscar Saldanha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lionel do Nascimento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Squadra Demarchi's zone, Lionel do Nascimento stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Oscar Saldanha came out of the goal and Lionel do Nascimento tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Marco Ruben put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Oscar Saldanha. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lionel do Nascimento in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Oscar Saldanha prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Feliks Drzewucki in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Oscar Saldanha saved Squadra Demarchi from getting behind. Oscar Saldanha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Feliks Drzewucki, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lionel do Nascimento in the 40th minute of play forced Squadra Demarchi's goalkeeper Oscar Saldanha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half Real Kuskatan C.F. were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexsandro Britto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Alexsandro Britto 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. In the 58th minute of the game Kazimierz Chodzinski made a throw-in which Lionel do Nascimento played forward. The audience was convinced that Feliks Drzewucki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oscar Saldanha was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Feliks Drzewucki kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Oscar Saldanha. That made the score 0-3 in the 66 minute of play. Lionel do Nascimentos short, quick shot in the 72ndth minute got Oscar Saldanha to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Oscar Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lionel do Nascimento in the 73rd minute of the match. Oscar Saldanha made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Lionel do Nascimento sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by André Ferro during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Juan Campos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Oscar Saldanha didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lionel do Nascimento went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. The crowd rose to their feet as Juan Campos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Oscar Saldanha. That made the score 0-5 in the 91 minute of play. Real Kuskatan C.F. played a much better game than Squadra Demarchi and deserved their victory. The Squadra Demarchi players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.