World League

ANDARAI
Spectators: 7624 (Terracing: 5719, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Maurício Bittencourt started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Royal Excel Mouscron's goalkeeper Edgar Poe, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Edgar Poe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurício Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Henrique Almeida fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edgar Poe having to interfere. Bruno Cruz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Augusto Fantini in the 10th minute of the match. Bruno Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Augusto Fantini in the 15th minute of play. In the 16th minute, AnÐaRaHy's Henrique Almeida dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. 19 minutes into the match, Royal Excel Mouscron's goal looked a bit too open when Maurício Bittencourt came free, but Edgar Poe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Maurício Bittencourt managed to get in a good position for a shot. AnÐaRaHy's supporters rose to their feet, but Maurício Bittencourt was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edgar Poe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Edgar Poe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurício Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. 2-0 became the score in the 25th minute when Maurício Bittencourt elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Edgar Poe took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maurício Bittencourt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edgar Poe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurício Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Georg Wiberg lost his temper 37 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 37 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Royal Excel Mouscron! Henrique Almeida walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. Royal Excel Mouscron's Edgar Poe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henrique Almeida in the 41st minute of play. Edgar Poe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maurício Bittencourt in the 47th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 47 minutes, Edgar Poe successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 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.

AnÐaRaHy made a substitution. Durvalino Varela replaced Elder Brasil. Edgar Poe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maurício Bittencourt, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Edgar Poe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henrique Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 65th minute Henrique Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edgar Poe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66thth minute of the game Maurício Bittencourt who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Royal Excel Mouscron's Edgar Poe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sverker Blixt hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. AnÐaRaHy's Diguinho Gaúcho was substituted for Maurício Bittencourt. After a rather tough play, Royal Excel Mouscron's Sverker Blixt got a free kick in the 71st minute. Royal Excel Mouscron's Edgar Poe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diguinho Gaúcho in the 79th minute of play. After 80 minutes, Frank Kunze made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. AnÐaRaHy's Bruno Cruz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Bruno Cruz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frank Kunze, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diguinho Gaúcho in the 85th minute of play forced Royal Excel Mouscron's goalkeeper Edgar Poe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th minute, Oscar Kindermans ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bruno Cruz was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. The supporters of Royal Excel Mouscron booed when AnÐaRaHy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Durvalino Varela didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aírton Bastos kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.