World League

Estádio António Reis
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Taras Romanchuk kicked off to start the match. Fundação Marques dos Reis's 姚斌云 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niki Lauda in the 11th minute of play. Marcial Lordi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Taras Romanchuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Eric Târban sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Taras Romanchuk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Marcial Lordi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by Fundação Marques dos Reis's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Giovanni Lenhardt was slow to take the kick. During this time RIVER's players had a chance to rest. Giovanni Lenhardt made a great header on RIVER's corner, it was just that Fundação Marques dos Reis's 姚斌云 managed to reach the ball for a save. If Andreas Maxsø had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by RIVER's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Andreas Maxsø was slow to take the kick. During this time Fundação Marques dos Reis's players had a chance to rest. A very nice done corner allowed Tiago Ferreira to score against Marcial Lordi in RIVER's goal. 1-0 after 27 minutes. 姚斌云 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niki Lauda in the 38th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, RIVER's goal looked a bit too open when Taras Romanchuk came free, but Marcial Lordi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. RIVER's Tobias Belmiro was substituted for Bruno Oxarra. In the 44th minute of the game Rosendo Osorio made a throw-in which Domingo Remigio played forward. Taras Romanchuk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Marcial Lordi made a huge save. 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 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Niki Lauda to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Taras Romanchuk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcial Lordi was relentless in the 52nd minute of the game. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by RIVER's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Andreas Maxsø was slow to take the kick. During this time Fundação Marques dos Reis's players had a chance to rest. The goalkeeper smacked the ball away after a great corner, but Tiago Ferreira advanced and headed the ball into goal, 3-0 in the 54th minute. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Taras Romanchuk put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Marcial Lordi. RIVER's Rosendo Osorio quite brazenly broke a throw-in by 杜光朋, made in the 62nd minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Taras Romanchuk in the 64th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcial Lordi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 65th minute the ball was on its way in behind RIVER's goalkeeper Marcial Lordi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 65 minutes into the game, Fundação Marques dos Reis's Taras Romanchuk nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcial Lordi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Fundação Marques dos Reis made a substitution. Juninho Pernambucano replaced Alexandre Pacheco. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Taras Romanchuk in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marcial Lordi saved RIVER from getting behind. Taras Romanchuk might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marcial Lordi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Taras Romanchuk ran back to his position shaking his head. Marcial Lordi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Taras Romanchuk in the 71st minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, RIVER's goal looked a bit too open when Taras Romanchuk came free, but Marcial Lordi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 76 minutes into the game, Domingo Remigio threw the ball into play from the sideline. Fundação Marques dos Reis's Andreas Maxsø quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. 77 minutes into the game, Fundação Marques dos Reis's Taras Romanchuk nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcial Lordi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. In the 79th minute, Taras Romanchuk made a precise shot to the right of Marcial Lordi. RIVER's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. After 87 played minutes RIVER got a freekick which was hit by Marcelino Raposo. Fundação Marques dos Reis's 杜光朋 quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Rosendo Osorio, made in the 88th minute of the game. In the 89th minute, Taras Romanchuk made a precise shot to the right of Marcial Lordi. RIVER's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 8-0. In the 93rdth minute of the game Taras Romanchuk who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RIVER's Marcial Lordi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Taras Romanchuk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcial Lordi was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. There was no doubt that Fundação Marques dos Reis were the better team. Fundação Marques dos Reis's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.