World League

Estadi Johan Cruyff
Spectators: 7458 (Terracing: 5594, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cristiano Xavier made the kick off which started today's match. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Cristiano Xavier took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Eimar Rank to make any attempt to save it. Cristiano Xavier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Eimar Rank showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristiano Xavier, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. If Cristiano Xavier had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. JK raamatuid.ee's Eimar Rank proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save JK raamatuid.ee from getting a goal against them. Antônio Simão succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 9th playminute. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 12th minute, but Eimar Rank got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving JK raamatuid.ee hanging dry this time. FC La Masia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Murillo Galvão in the 13th minute. The corner ended in Murillo Galvão almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but JK raamatuid.ee's Eimar Rank did a great save. In the 16th minute Cristiano Xavier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eimar Rank saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Czeslaw Knopek charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Czeslaw Knopek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Czeslaw Knopek kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, FC La Masia's Murillo Galvão tried to score from far away in the 18th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. A collision led to JK raamatuid.ee getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Czeslaw Knopek hit a great ball. If Cristiano Xavier had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With his leg Eimar Rank managed to avoid a goal in the 26thth minute, when FC La Masia's Cristiano Xavier fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The audience was convinced that Cristiano Xavier's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eimar Rank was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Cesinha do Vale showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enno Lokko in the 32nd minute of the match. Eimar Rank took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristiano Xavier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 40 minutes into the match, Aron Lipp had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cesinha do Vale. FC La Masia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aron Lipp was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 44th minute August Lume shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cesinha do Vale saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 47th match minute, JK raamatuid.ee was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by August Lume to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roomet Raud to make the kick off. Lúcio da Rocha kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. Cesinha do Vale made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roomet Raud in the 58th minute of play. Cristiano Xavier blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Eimar Rank having to make a save. 65 minutes into the match, JK raamatuid.ee's goal looked a bit too open when Cristiano Xavier came free, but Eimar Rank reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC La Masia's Alexsandro Correia managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Vambola Jänes in the 67 minute of the game. After having played for 67 minutes, Cristiano Xavier managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC La Masia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristiano Xavier was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Roomet Raud got free with Cesinha do Vale in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cesinha do Vale took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aron Lipp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to JK raamatuid.ee getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Konrad Ida hit a great ball. When Enno Lokko came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the JK raamatuid.ee 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 Enno Lokko couldn't finish the play. FC La Masia's attentive Lúcio da Rocha managed to snatch the ball when Waldemar de Queiroz made a throw-in in the 88th minute of the game. Cesinha do Vale made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Enno Lokko sent off a good shot on target. JK raamatuid.ee's Roomet Raud got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. JK raamatuid.ee's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.