World League

Arena Ororubá
Spectators: 8138 (Terracing: 6104, Seating: 1872, VIP seats: 162) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Benjamin da Fonseca kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute of the game Beniamin Gendolla made a throw-in which Miltiadis Antonatos played forward. 9 minutes into the match, Pesqueira City's goal looked a bit too open when Berke Korucu came free, but Jeremias Orland reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12thth minute of the game Benjamin da Fonseca who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AC Milan's Gilles Eekhout was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by AC Milan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Can Sadov was slow to take the kick. During this time Pesqueira City's players had a chance to rest. 15 minutes into the match, Pesqueira City's goal looked a bit too open when Miltiadis Antonatos came free, but Jeremias Orland reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeremias Orland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miltiadis Antonatos in the 15th minute of the match. Kostas Giannakidis might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jeremias Orland. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kostas Giannakidis ran back to his position shaking his head. 17 minutes into the game, AC Milan's Jardel Head nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jeremias Orland made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Benjamin da Fonseca's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gilles Eekhout read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Benjamin da Fonseca's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gilles Eekhout was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Pesqueira City were awarded a corner in the 32th minute after AC Milan's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Can Sadov took the corner. Válbson Vidal was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After having played for 34 minutes, Benjamin da Fonseca managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pesqueira City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Benjamin da Fonseca was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 38 minutes into the match, Pesqueira City's goal looked a bit too open when Jardel Head came free, but Jeremias Orland reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeremias Orland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jardel Head in the 39th minute of the match. Jeremias Orland showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jardel Head in the 41st minute of the match. In the 41st minute Jardel Head shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Orland saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, AC Milan's Beniamin Gendolla got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Jeremias Orland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miltiadis Antonatos, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After the first half AC Milan were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Pesqueira City's Jeremias Orland played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jardel Head in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valerios Papagiannakos in the 55th minute of play forced Pesqueira City's goalkeeper Jeremias Orland to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gilles Eekhout showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benjamin da Fonseca, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Gilles Eekhout took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjamin da Fonseca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Benjamin da Fonseca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. AC Milan made a substitution. Tony Hegg replaced Valerios Papagiannakos. Pesqueira City made a substitution. Doriva Zanette replaced Can Sadov. AC Milan made a substitution. Didi Corrêa replaced Beniamin Gendolla. In the 73rd minute, Benjamin da Fonseca made a precise shot to the right of Gilles Eekhout. AC Milan's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 77 minutes into the match, AC Milan's goal looked a bit too open when Benjamin da Fonseca came free, but Gilles Eekhout reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, AC Milan's Berke Korucu got a free kick in the 79th minute. AC Milan's Gilles Eekhout played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benjamin da Fonseca in the 82nd minute of play. AC Milan's Gilles Eekhout played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Doriva Zanette in the 86th minute of play. Pesqueira City were awarded a corner in the 90th minute after AC Milan's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Válbson Vidal took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of AC Milan's goalie and right to Doriva Zanette. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. AC Milan's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. A collision led to Pesqueira City getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Ronny Ottens hit a great ball. Jeremias Orland made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Ntinos Periou sent off a good shot on target. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.