World League

Arena Escarlate
Spectators: 8038 (Terracing: 6029, 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. Artur Bachor started the match with the kick off. After 6 played minutes KIEZKICKER got a freekick which was hit by Artur Bachor. Naldo Proença showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artur Bachor in the 8th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the match, KIEZKICKER's Artur Bachor sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Naldo Proença narrowly saved just below the crossbar. KIEZKICKER's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Louis Leißner in the 12th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Ferdi Kadıoğlu heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. KIEZKICKER's attentive Hazım Tuğlu managed to snatch the ball when Samuel Quirino made a throw-in in the 26th minute of the game. In the 37th minute João Severino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Martin Theodore saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 39th minute of the match Scarlet Speedster got a corner. KIEZKICKER's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edward Krzynowek ran over to the corner to take the kick. Artur Bachor sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Naldo Proença showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Artur Bachor, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 47th match minute, Scarlet Speedster was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samuel Quirino to maneuver through the defense. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fausto Mendonça was the one to do the kick off. Naldo Proença took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artur Bachor, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 56 minutes into the match, KIEZKICKER's goal looked a bit too open when Fausto Mendonça came free, but Martin Theodore reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th minute, Ferdi Kadıoğlu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Frederik Strzelczyk made in the 63rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Scarlet Speedster's Tomas Wallin. A collision led to KIEZKICKER getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Roberto Carlos hit a great ball. The corner led Scarlet Speedster's Samuel Quirino to fire away a dangerous shot which Martin Theodore despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The supporters of Scarlet Speedster booed when KIEZKICKER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valter Malekin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fausto Mendonça's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Martin Theodore read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute of the match Scarlet Speedster got a corner. KIEZKICKER's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Edward Krzynowek ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Scarlet Speedster's corner Jens-Ove Eriksson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Martin Theodore quite easily take care of the ball. Scarlet Speedster's Naldo Proença proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Scarlet Speedster from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as KIEZKICKER's Artur Bachor slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Naldo Proença. That made the score 0-2 after 76 minutes of play. Naldo Proença made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moises Boniel in the 86th minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Alfredinho Machado notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of KIEZKICKER's Martin Theodore. Martin Theodore was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 92 minutes into the match, Fausto Mendonça had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Martin Theodore. KIEZKICKER's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fausto Mendonça was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. KIEZKICKER had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.