World League

Marakana
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Guaberto Claude started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Grzegorz Karpiak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Guaberto Claude went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Grzegorz Karpiak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guaberto Claude in the 8th minute of play. Grzegorz Karpiak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guaberto Claude, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Grzegorz Karpiak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guaberto Claude, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Grzegorz Karpiak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guaberto Claude in the 18th minute of play. In the 20th match minute, Road To Glory was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rogelio Abeita to maneuver through the defense. Luís Fábio Cunha could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Ariel Venerando made a huge save. In the 26th minute Guaberto Claude shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grzegorz Karpiak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ariel Venerando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Fábio Cunha in the 31st minute of the match. In the 31st minute Luís Fábio Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ariel Venerando saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chelmza Team's Grzegorz Karpiak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guaberto Claude in the 33rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Road To Glory defense, Luís Fábio Cunha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ariel Venerando. The Road To Glory fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ariel Venerando should have stopped the shot. 46 minutes into the game, Lucio Abajas threw the ball into play from the sideline. Chelmza Team's Leonard Alexiu quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luís Fábio Cunha stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Leonard Alexiu made in the 51st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Road To Glory's Lucio Abajas. 54 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goalkeeper Grzegorz Karpiak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Guaberto Claude. After 56 played minutes Chelmza Team got a freekick which was hit by Leonard Alexiu. 59 minutes into the match, Guaberto Claude had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Grzegorz Karpiak. Chelmza Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Guaberto Claude was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Grzegorz Karpiak made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Guaberto Claude sent off a good shot on target. In the 69th minute Road To Glory were awarded a corner. Gao Xing Zhen went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Road To Glory's Rogelio Abeita to fire away a dangerous shot which Grzegorz Karpiak despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 72nd minute, Samuel Pottsepp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Grzegorz Karpiak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guaberto Claude, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grzegorz Karpiak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Guaberto Claude in the 77th minute. 79 minutes into the game, Road To Glory's Guaberto Claude nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Grzegorz Karpiak made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Maximino Lander took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ariel Venerando. Ariel Venerando dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-3. Maximino Lander hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. In the 88th minute, Lucio Abajas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 92 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goal looked a bit too open when Guaberto Claude came free, but Grzegorz Karpiak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Chelmza Team's zone, Rogelio Abeita stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Grzegorz Karpiak came out of the goal and Rogelio Abeita tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A sloppy throw-in by Lucio Abajas in the 95th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Chelmza Team's Samuel Pottsepp. The Chelmza Team supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Road To Glory's performance. The match ended with a win for Road To Glory.