World League

Arena BEST FABIO
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Esteve Hodei made the kick off and thus started the match. AFC - Curitiba's Esteve Hodei got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Olivier Dubs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matouš Carda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toninho Cosme in the 14th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esteve Hodei in the 22nd minute of play forced BEST FABIO F.C.'s goalkeeper Olivier Dubs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the AFC - Curitiba defense, Israel Felo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Duarte Mendes. The AFC - Curitiba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Duarte Mendes should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Bykowski in the 28th minute of play forced BEST FABIO F.C.'s goalkeeper Olivier Dubs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 30 played minutes AFC - Curitiba got a freekick which was hit by Wanderson Oliveira. 31 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goal looked a bit too open when Israel Felo came free, but Duarte Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duarte Mendes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Israel Felo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Duarte Mendes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oséias Azevedo in the 34th minute of the match. Olivier Dubs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romário Ortiz in the 36th minute of the match. AFC - Curitiba were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after BEST FABIO F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ferdinand Aanuţei took the corner. Duarte Mendes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Israel Felo in the 41st minute of the match. In the 43rd minute Oséias Azevedo 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 referee felt a red card was in order, 47 minutes into the game, when Adolfo Delaney put in a rough tackle. After having played for 49 minutes, Ferdinand Aanuţei managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AFC - Curitiba's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ferdinand Aanuţei was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Toninho Cosme to strike the kick off in the second half. Olivier Dubs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matouš Carda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Esteve Hodei's late challenge caught a BEST FABIO F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Esteve Hodei helped the player get up and apologised. In the 57th minute, Esteve Hodei hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Duarte Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toninho Cosme in the 58th minute of play. BEST FABIO F.C.'s Olivier Dubs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Esteve Hodei in the 60th minute of play. 60 minutes into the game, Esteve Hodei cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Olivier Dubs was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gino de Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Duarte Mendes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. BEST FABIO F.C. made a substitution. Juninho de Sena replaced Vicente Dantas. AFC - Curitiba's Duarte Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juninho de Sena in the 72nd minute of play. Atilla Kağan Ergüvenç hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Duarte Mendes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 冰谷 周星星, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. BEST FABIO F.C. made a substitution. Fabian Oborski replaced Toninho Cosme. After a rather tough play, BEST FABIO F.C.'s Şükrü Ekincioğlu got a free kick in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Esteve Hodei in the 84th minute of play forced BEST FABIO F.C.'s goalkeeper Olivier Dubs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan Bykowski got free with Olivier Dubs in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, BEST FABIO F.C.'s 冰谷 周星星 got a free kick in the 88th minute. Duarte Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabian Oborski in the 90th minute of play. In the 95th minute, Oséias Azevedo 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. The supporters of AFC - Curitiba booed when BEST FABIO F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. 冰谷 周星星 didn't get a good kick on the ball. The AFC - Curitiba players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.