World League

HSB Arena
Spectators: 7989 (Terracing: 5993, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pál Polyák started the match with the kick off. Cristiano Lage made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Walczak in the 3rd minute of play. In the 19th minute, Pál Polyák ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vladan Kovačević was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Vladan Kovačević took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pál Polyák, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cristiano Lage made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabian Czeszejko in the 25th minute of play. SITIO CITY's attentive Rubim Jordão managed to snatch the ball when Tomáš Petrásek made a throw-in in the 27th minute of the game. 32 minutes into the match, Fabian Czeszejko dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Cristiano Lage, 2-2. Pál Polyák sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pawel Czubski made in the 37th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Chiquinho Pereira. In the 39th minute, Pál Polyák left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SITIO CITY fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. 41 minutes into the game, Tomáš Petrásek threw the ball into play from the sideline. SITIO CITY's Pawel Czubski quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Cristiano Lage was a little too slow when Fabian Czeszejko got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 45th minute. The score was now 3-3. The first half was very even, with the score at 3-3 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fabian Czeszejko was the one to do the kick off. Vladan Kovačević made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Rubim Jordão sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pál Polyák in the 56th minute of play forced Olimpia HSB's goalkeeper Vladan Kovačević to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute Pál Polyák shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vladan Kovačević saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pál Polyák in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vladan Kovačević saved Olimpia HSB from getting behind. Carlos Campelo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Vladan Kovačević made a huge save. Fabian Czeszejko blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Cristiano Lage having to make a save. 68 minutes into the match, SITIO CITY's goal looked a bit too open when Fabian Czeszejko came free, but Cristiano Lage reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vladan Kovačević took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Campelo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vladan Kovačević showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Campelo in the 69th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Campelo in the 70th minute of play forced Olimpia HSB's goalkeeper Vladan Kovačević to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vladan Kovačević showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pál Polyák, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. Cristiano Lage stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fabian Czeszejko's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Vladan Kovačević made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Carlos Campelo sent off a good shot on target. SITIO CITY's Carlos Campelo came free and shot a quick shot against goal 82 minutes in the game, fortunately Vladan Kovačević had problems saving as it came toward the left post. In the 82nd minute, Tomáš Petrásek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Olimpia HSB's Witold Prosowski was substituted for Tomáš Petrásek. SITIO CITY's Kajetan Paulista was substituted for Pawel Czubski. SITIO CITY's Olavo Koehler was substituted for Chiquinho Pereira. Tomáš Petrásek hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Cristiano Lage showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacek Pietrowiak in the 88th minute of the match. Milosz Gierlach made in the 90th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Olimpia HSB's Calito Izquierdoz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pál Polyák in the 92nd minute of play forced Olimpia HSB's goalkeeper Vladan Kovačević to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vladan Kovačević made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olavo Koehler in the 94th minute of play. In the 96th minute, Olavo Koehler reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Vladan Kovačević. The goal made the score 3-4. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. SITIO CITY had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.