World League

Beira Rio
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's João Carlos Lucas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yoshie Elin in the 3rd minute of play. Ezio Gøl sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 14 minutes into the game, INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's Nilmar de Souza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Pawel Ziombkowski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. João Carlos Lucas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fausto Vargas went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. If Yoshie Elin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Yoshie Elin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. João Carlos Lucas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yoshie Elin in the 27th minute of play forced INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's goalkeeper João Carlos Lucas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. KS KOJAK's Pawel Ziombkowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save KS KOJAK from getting a goal against them. In the 31st minute, Jorge da Silva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA booed when KS KOJAK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iwo Bielatowicz didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fausto Vargas in the 41st minute of play forced INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's goalkeeper João Carlos Lucas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. João Carlos Lucas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yoshie Elin in the 42nd minute of play. A collision led to INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Gustavo Scarpa hit a great ball. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ezio Gøl stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Yoshie Elin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. João Carlos Lucas came out and tried to block the shot, but Yoshie Elin slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 54th minute. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's João Carlos Lucas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Ezio Gøl's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pawel Ziombkowski was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's Abelardo Veloso got a free kick in the 64th minute. 65 minutes into the match, KS KOJAK's Gul Banan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that João Carlos Lucas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. João Carlos Lucas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fausto Vargas, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Gustavo Scarpa lost his temper 68 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA made a substitution. Daniel Wincek replaced Ezio Gøl. 67 minutes into the game, one of INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After a defensive mix-up in KS KOJAK's zone, Mai Chuan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pawel Ziombkowski came out of the goal and Mai Chuan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gul Banan was slow to take the kick. During this time KS KOJAK's players had a chance to rest. Fabian Jabloński made a great header on KS KOJAK's corner, it was just that INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's João Carlos Lucas managed to reach the ball for a save. João Carlos Lucas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fausto Vargas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. João Carlos Lucas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yoshie Elin in the 83rd minute. When Fausto Vargas in the 87th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or João Carlos Lucas kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 1-5 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. Yoshie Elin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 94th minute of the match, but João Carlos Lucas made a huge save. 97 minutes into the game, Fred Valencia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Pawel Ziombkowski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching KS KOJAK's performance. The match ended with a win for KS KOJAK.