World League

Algarve XXI
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) Qiu Chuan Ran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xavier Salazar, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. LOS BUITRES's Truman Harrington played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodolfo Faria in the 7th minute of play. Qiu Chuan Ran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lv Zhou in the 9th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Lv Zhou had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Qiu Chuan Ran. Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lv Zhou was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gonzalo Lixandro in the 16th minute of play forced LOS BUITRES's goalkeeper Truman Harrington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s goal looked a bit too open when Xavier Salazar came free, but Qiu Chuan Ran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lv Zhou in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Qiu Chuan Ran saved Sporting Clube V.R.S.A. from getting behind. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudemiro Madureira got free with Truman Harrington in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Qiu Chuan Ran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lv Zhou, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. LOS BUITRES's Truman Harrington played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonzalo Lixandro in the 31st minute of play. 34 minutes into the match, LOS BUITRES's Lv Zhou sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Qiu Chuan Ran narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 36 minutes Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Carl Åberg who took care of the corner kick. Carl Åberg made a great header on LOS BUITRES's corner, it was just that Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Qiu Chuan Ran managed to reach the ball for a save. Qiu Chuan Ran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xavier Salazar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Qiu Chuan Ran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lv Zhou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Truman Harrington showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodolfo Faria in the 40th minute of the match. Menelaos Damianos hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. LOS BUITRES were awarded a corner in the 43th minute after Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Carl Åberg took the corner. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Witold Piszczor during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of LOS BUITRES booed when Sporting Clube V.R.S.A. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Witold Piszczor didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lv Zhou in the 46th minute of play forced Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s goalkeeper Qiu Chuan Ran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lv Zhou stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Truman Harrington showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gonzalo Lixandro in the 54th minute of the match. Truman Harrington showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodolfo Faria, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raimundo Ventura in the 66th minute of play forced LOS BUITRES's goalkeeper Truman Harrington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68thth minute of the game Lv Zhou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Qiu Chuan Ran was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. LOS BUITRES's Truman Harrington played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonzalo Lixandro in the 69th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lv Zhou in the 76th minute of play forced Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s goalkeeper Qiu Chuan Ran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Qiu Chuan Ran stood somewhat misplaced when Lv Zhou came free in front of goal and shot 0-2 to the left of him in the 80 minute. Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Gervásio Caeiro was substituted for Israel Carvalhal. If Lv Zhou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Qiu Chuan Ran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lv Zhou, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. When the match had gone on for 87 minutes, Gonzalo Lixandro put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Truman Harrington. In the 90th match minute, LOS BUITRES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fan Xiang Kuan to maneuver through the defense. Truman Harrington took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gonzalo Lixandro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Menelaos Damianos in the 93rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Menelaos Damianos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Truman Harrington quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gonzalo Lixandro in the 94th minute of play forced LOS BUITRES's goalkeeper Truman Harrington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.