World League

Estádio da Maresia
Spectators: 8039 (Terracing: 6030, Seating: 1849, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zézinho Costa started the match with the kick off. A collision led to America Futebol Clube SP getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Carlos Capixaba hit a great ball. SITIO CITY's Rubim Jordão shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 3rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Stefan Rasiak but with some difficulty. Pál Polyák who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 5thth minute tested the skills of Stefan Rasiak when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Stefan Rasiak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rubim Jordão in the 7th minute of play. Stefan Rasiak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pál Polyák in the 12th minute of the match. In the 13th minute SITIO CITY were awarded a corner. Rubim Jordão went to the cornerflag to take it. A collision led to America Futebol Clube SP getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Jorginho Quirino hit a great ball. America Futebol Clube SP's Stefan Rasiak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pál Polyák in the 22nd minute of play. Stefan Rasiak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pál Polyák in the 22nd minute of the match. Cristiano Lage showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iago Bala in the 32nd minute of the match. Stefan Rasiak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pál Polyák in the 33rd minute of the match. Stefan Rasiak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pál Polyák in the 37th minute of play. When America Futebol Clube SP's Iago Bala in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SITIO CITY's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Pál Polyák in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stefan Rasiak prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Cristiano Lage made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zézinho Costa in the 44th minute of play. 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Pál Polyák to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pál Polyák in the 54th minute of play forced America Futebol Clube SP's goalkeeper Stefan Rasiak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, SITIO CITY's Cristiano Lage got control of the ball when Iago Bala tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cristiano Lage took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zézinho Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. America Futebol Clube SP's Dreas Jamieson was substituted for Iago Bala. In the 63rd minute of the match SITIO CITY got a corner. America Futebol Clube SP's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Rubim Jordão ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Rubim Jordão got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Stefan Rasiak quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Stefan Rasiak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Campelo in the 66th minute of play. Cristiano Lage made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Miko Lehkosuo sent off a good shot on target. The corner ended in Dreas Jamieson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but SITIO CITY's Cristiano Lage did a great save. In the 73rd minute, Miko Lehkosuo made a precise shot to the right of Cristiano Lage. SITIO CITY's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. SITIO CITY's Kajetan Paulista was substituted for Pawel Czubski. SITIO CITY made a substitution. Olavo Koehler replaced Chiquinho Pereira. 78 minutes into the game, Pál Polyák cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Stefan Rasiak was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 85th minute the ball was on its way in behind America Futebol Clube SP's goalkeeper Stefan Rasiak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. SITIO CITY's Pál Polyák got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 95th minute, Serginho Chulapa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristiano Lage was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. America Futebol Clube SP's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.