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Match Report
Espigão Steamrollers
Spectators: 8060 (Terracing: 6046,
Seating: 1854, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tivadar Demeter got the match started through his kick off. 7 minutes in the game Oswaldo Nascimento did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Roneixon Siqueira. When Szombathely Squirrels's Tivadar Demeter in the 10th minute got a chance for a shot 10th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Espigão Steamrollers's goalie prevented a goal. After 16 minutes of play, Szombathely Squirrels's Tivadar Demeter made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pablo Patrone was left in no man's land by his defense there! Szombathely Squirrels's Arnold Szuper proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Szombathely Squirrels from getting a goal against them. When Mon Key came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Szombathely Squirrels 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 Mon Key couldn't finish the play. Szombathely Squirrels's József Varga managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Areion Koulpasis in the 23 minute of the game. 25 minutes into the game, Espigão Steamrollers's Thorstein Heinsmann nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Arnold Szuper made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. The audience was convinced that Thorstein Heinsmann's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arnold Szuper was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Pablo Patrone came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by Szombathely Squirrels's Tivadar Demeter. But to his dismay, Tivadar Demeter quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. The supporters of Szombathely Squirrels booed when Espigão Steamrollers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thorstein Heinsmann didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Espigão Steamrollers's Leroy Sane got a free kick in the 47th minute.
The wind increased when Roneixon Siqueira made the kick off in the second half. Arnold Szuper made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roneixon Siqueira in the 55th minute of play. In the 57thth minute of the game Tivadar Demeter who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Espigão Steamrollers's Pablo Patrone was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Espigão Steamrollers's Manuel Faria was substituted for Gabriel Sara. Szombathely Squirrels made a substitution. Lei Jian Xiong replaced Tivadar Demeter. When Lei Jian Xiong came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Szombathely Squirrels 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 Lei Jian Xiong couldn't finish the play. Espigão Steamrollers's Roneixon Siqueira got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Espigão Steamrollers made a substitution. Tarcisio Galvão replaced Roneixon Siqueira. The crowd rose to their feet as Szombathely Squirrels's Lei Jian Xiong slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pablo Patrone. That made the score 1-3 after 72 minutes of play. In the 76th match minute, Espigão Steamrollers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Areion Koulpasis to maneuver through the defense. Arnold Szuper showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian de Lima in the 80th minute of the match. Lei Jian Xiong scored 1-4 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pablo Patrone, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Arnold Szuper made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tarcisio Galvão in the 86th minute of play. After 87 minutes Szombathely Squirrels's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Carlos Fernando Azevedo who took care of the corner kick. Espigão Steamrollers's defense didn't have a chance, in the 96th minute, when Lei Jian Xiong scored to the left of an out of position Pablo Patrone, making the score, 2-5.
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