World League

Estádio LEGO
Spectators: 7223 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Flavius Stoicea got the match started through his kick off. After 7 minutes, Matei Félix Júnior mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Emerald and the Coritiba Blazers FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The long shot by Doni Gerber in the 8th minute really tested 彭树邦's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 14th minute of the match Coritiba Blazers FC got a corner. Emerald's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Doni Gerber ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Doni Gerber almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Emerald's 彭树邦 did a great save. After a rather tough play, Emerald's Hurşit Cemşit got a free kick in the 16th minute. Edmundo Meirelles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Piţurcă in the 21st minute of the match. With a little luck, Emerald's 彭树邦 got control of the ball when Leon Gržančić tried to sneak it across the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 30 minutes, 彭树邦 successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Marcelo Phelipe's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 32ndth minute, 彭树邦 skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a rather tough play, Emerald's Cristoforo Grandis got a free kick in the 37th minute. Leon Gržančić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 彭树邦 was out of position in the 42 minute of play, and Leon Gržančić capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Leon Gržančić really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Phelipe in the 46th minute of play forced Emerald's goalkeeper 彭树邦 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Leon Gržančić to make the kick off. Emerald's Matei Félix Júnior managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Per-Arne Nyman in the 57 minute of the game. Victor Piţurcă could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Edmundo Meirelles made a huge save. 70 minutes into the match, Emerald's goal looked a bit too open when Jerônimo Veiga came free, but 彭树邦 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 彭树邦 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sidnei Carioca in the 71st minute of play. Flavius Stoicea hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Emerald's 彭树邦 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerônimo Veiga in the 82nd minute of play. 彭树邦 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leon Gržančić, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Victor Piţurcă got free with Edmundo Meirelles in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With an all-out effort, Emerald's Edmundo Meirelles threw himself towards the right post 86 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Flavius Stoicea, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Damian Furlit's late challenge caught a Coritiba Blazers FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Damian Furlit helped the player get up and apologised. In the 89th minute, Damian Furlit hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd minute, Matei Félix Júnior hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edmundo Meirelles made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucrețiu Dinulescu in the 94th minute of play. In the 96th match minute, Coritiba Blazers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jerônimo Veiga to maneuver through the defense. After 98 minutes, Jerônimo Veiga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Coritiba Blazers FC and the Emerald players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jerônimo Veiga kicked well hit freekick during the 98th minute of the match. Coritiba Blazers FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Emerald for a fine match.