World League

Chapadão
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vinicio Junior got the match started through his kick off. Gabriel Barral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ceferino Johans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 9th minute, Ceferino Johans ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gabriel Barral was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Gabriel Barral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ceferino Johans, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vinicio Junior got free with Fausto Nisio in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. João Vítor Porto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Fausto Nisio made a huge save. Gabriel Barral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aku Ylönen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Folke Kühlem in the 26th minute of play forced phoinix fc's goalkeeper Fausto Nisio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gabriel Barral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ceferino Johans, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Gabriel Barral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aku Ylönen in the 30th minute of the match. Shao Hao Zhen's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fausto Nisio read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. phoinix fc's Fausto Nisio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Folke Kühlem in the 33rd minute of play. In the 35th minute Aku Ylönen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Barral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 36 minutes into the game, Anier Behe cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Gabriel Barral was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, phoinix fc's Christian Paez got a free kick in the 39th minute. Juan Alvarenga hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Fausto Nisio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shao Hao Zhen, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. 47 minutes into the game, Folke Kühlem cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Fausto Nisio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ceferino Johans stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 59 minutes into the match, Ferreira Lopes MZC's goal looked a bit too open when Aku Ylönen came free, but Gabriel Barral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fausto Nisio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shao Hao Zhen in the 61st minute of play. Cristiano Bezerra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Fausto Nisio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cláudio Jorge lost his temper 81 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 81 played minutes phoinix fc got a freekick which was hit by Cláudio Jorge. After recieving a nice pass, Ferreira Lopes MZC's Gil Pirani tried to score from far away in the 82nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Juan Alvarenga hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Gabriel Barral made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aku Ylönen in the 89th minute. In the 90th minute, Máximo Cozzetti hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fausto Nisio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cristiano Bezerra went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Gabriel Barral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aku Ylönen in the 97th minute of play. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.