World League

Matos Velhos Arena
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Júlio Gentil kicked off to start the match. Emil Uggla charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emil Uggla the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Matos Velhos booed when Salem Gunners BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emil Uggla didn't get a good kick on the ball. Prodromos Britzolidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Henrique Candal in the 9th minute. Prodromos Britzolidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Júlio Gentil in the 12th minute. In the 22nd minute, Svante Gustafsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Prodromos Britzolidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sabino Vilhena in the 24th minute of the match. In the 31st minute Svante Gustafsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vito de Godoi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sabino Vilhena during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 32nd minute, Sabino Vilhena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 33 minutes into the match, Matos Velhos's goal looked a bit too open when Cícero Teles came free, but Vito de Godoi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Salem Gunners BK's Cícero Teles got a free kick in the 46th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cícero Teles was the one to do the kick off. Júlio Gentil scored 1-0 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Prodromos Britzolidis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Matos Velhos's Júlio Gentil in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Salem Gunners BK's goalie prevented a goal. Matos Velhos's Vito de Godoi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Matos Velhos from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stig-Åke Alkvist during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 61st match minute, Salem Gunners BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stig-Åke Alkvist to maneuver through the defense. Sabino Vilhena scored 2-0 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Prodromos Britzolidis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Durval Meira during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Matos Velhos's Durval Meira got a free kick in the 67th minute. A collision led to Matos Velhos getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Durval Meira hit a great ball. Cícero Teles kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Júlio Gentil in the 75th minute of play forced Salem Gunners BK's goalkeeper Prodromos Britzolidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th match minute, Matos Velhos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Özdemir Saygur to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Salem Gunners BK getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Viggo Berggren hit a great ball. Salem Gunners BK's Cícero Teles came free and shot a quick shot against goal 85 minutes in the game, fortunately Vito de Godoi had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Salem Gunners BK's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Viggo Berggren in the 86th minute. A nice corner shot did that Viggo Berggren got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Vito de Godoi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 89 minutes into the match, Adalberto Peres notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Salem Gunners BK's Prodromos Britzolidis. Prodromos Britzolidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lee Beckford in the 92nd minute of play forced Salem Gunners BK's goalkeeper Prodromos Britzolidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Svante Gustafsson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vito de Godoi was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Matos Velhos had won after a very even match.