World League

GULDEVI
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Max Mohammad made the kick off and thus started the match. Duarte Mendes made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Marko Gustavsson sent off a good shot on target. Duarte Mendes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Max Mohammad, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Otto Hermansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Bykowski in the 7th minute of play. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Newcastle United FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ferdinand Aanuţei was slow to take the kick. During this time AFC - Curitiba's players had a chance to rest. Jan Bykowski was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 14 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Max Mohammad came free, but Duarte Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Otto Hermansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matouš Carda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Otto Hermansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romário Ortiz in the 37th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Newcastle United FC's Duarte Mendes threw himself towards the right post 38 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Claes Ahlroht, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 40 played minutes Newcastle United FC got a freekick which was hit by Mckinley Dufresne. Duarte Mendes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Max Mohammad, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 45th minute, Claes Ahlroht ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Duarte Mendes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Esteve Hodei stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jan Bykowski did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-2 to the left of a surprised Otto Hermansson 52 minutes into the match. Duarte Mendes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Max Mohammad in the 55th minute of the match. The supporters of Newcastle United FC booed when AFC - Curitiba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matouš Carda didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claes Ahlroht in the 58th minute of play forced AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Duarte Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Duarte Mendes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florian Liermann, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. Jan Bykowski who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 62ndth minute tested the skills of Otto Hermansson when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Otto Hermansson had great luck who in the 66thth minute grab hold of the ball when Esteve Hodei from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. 66 minutes into the game, Esteve Hodei lined in a short shot 1-3 behind a frustrated Otto Hermansson. Duarte Mendes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lars Olofsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 72 minutes into the match, Florian Liermann notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes. Duarte Mendes was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tord Åström in the 79th minute of play forced AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Duarte Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romário Ortiz might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Otto Hermansson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Romário Ortiz ran back to his position shaking his head. Duarte Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Max Mohammad in the 83rd minute of play. In the 95th minute Lars Olofsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Duarte Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The AFC - Curitiba players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Newcastle United FC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.