World League

Bobby Moore Stadium
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edu Carvalho started the match with the kick off. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Arne Söderberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edu Carvalho in the 3rd minute of play. When ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's Edu Carvalho in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Elizabeth Three Lions FC's goalie prevented a goal. Qian Shu Chong hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Edu Carvalho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arne Söderberg was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. 6 minutes into the match, ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's goalkeeper Darrel Pennington had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cvetin Luković. Edu Carvalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Arne Söderberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edu Carvalho in the 13th minute of play. Edu Carvalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 18th minute Edu Carvalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arne Söderberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andrew Johnson in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Darrel Pennington prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Darrel Pennington showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cvetin Luković, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. When Edu Carvalho came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Edu Carvalho couldn't finish the play. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Arne Söderberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edu Carvalho in the 31st minute of play. In the 34th minute, Edu Carvalho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Paul Wilson made in the 40th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's Asaf Durcan. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edu Carvalho in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Arne Söderberg saved Elizabeth Three Lions FC from getting behind. Arne Söderberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edu Carvalho went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Richard Scholten to make the kick off. After 52 minutes of play, ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's Edu Carvalho made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arne Söderberg was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Edu Carvalho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arne Söderberg was relentless in the 60th minute of the game. After 62 played minutes ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ got a freekick which was hit by Eray İbiş. Edu Carvalho might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Arne Söderberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edu Carvalho ran back to his position shaking his head. Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Arne Söderberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edu Carvalho in the 68th minute of play. Arne Söderberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edu Carvalho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Edu Carvalho took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Arne Söderberg to make any attempt to save it. In the 80th minute, Lauro Leite ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arne Söderberg was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. 85 minutes into the match, Lauro Leite notched a goal, 1-6, to the right of Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Arne Söderberg. Arne Söderberg was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 88 minutes of play, Elizabeth Three Lions FC's Andrew Johnson made it 2-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Darrel Pennington was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 92nd minute of the match, Lauro Leite tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Arne Söderberg saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 95 minutes Elizabeth Three Lions FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luiz Guilherme Sena who took care of the corner kick. ATLÉTICO PAULISTA - CIMZ's Luiz Guilherme Sena was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Arne Söderberg in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in.