World League

Arena Julio Verne
Spectators: 7702 (Terracing: 5778, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Anselmo Branco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roman Chucho in the 2nd minute of play. Anselmo Branco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lu Guang Lang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Anselmo Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lu Guang Lang in the 8th minute of the match. Jeremias Cruz made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Viorel Pintilie sent off a good shot on target. When Cremonese's Roman Chucho in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nautilus's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Nautilus getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Wiliam Carneiro hit a great ball. Anselmo Branco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Roman Chucho's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. When Armando Furlan came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Nautilus 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 Armando Furlan couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Nautilus getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Wesley Popken hit a great ball. Anselmo Branco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roman Chucho, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Cremonese's Ingvar Lundqvist got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 43rd minute, Lu Guang Lang made a precise shot to the right of Anselmo Branco. Nautilus's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The Nautilus players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Cremonese were winning 0-1.

After 51 played minutes Nautilus got a freekick which was hit by Marcus Talló. When Nautilus's Marcus Talló in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cremonese's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Duvan Zapata got free with Anselmo Branco in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59thth minute of the game Lu Guang Lang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nautilus's Anselmo Branco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 61 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nautilus's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Květoslav Kubalík was slow to take the kick. During this time Cremonese's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Cremonese's Leandro Gonzalez Pirez to fire away a dangerous shot which Anselmo Branco despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 63rd minute Marcus Talló shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremias Cruz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, Nautilus's goalkeeper Anselmo Branco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lu Guang Lang. Viorel Pintilie received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Jeremias Cruz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nautilus made a substitution. Shi Ke Shu replaced Marcus Talló. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mauro Rexino in the 70th minute of play forced Nautilus's goalkeeper Anselmo Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nautilus's Anselmo Branco proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Nautilus from getting a goal against them. In the 74th minute, Ingvar Lundqvist hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeremias Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shi Ke Shu in the 77th minute of play. Anselmo Branco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rolando Sabino, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shi Ke Shu in the 84th minute of play forced Cremonese's goalkeeper Jeremias Cruz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nautilus's Enrique Loureiro was substituted for Emerson Teixeira. Jeremias Cruz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shi Ke Shu in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Cremonese had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.