World League

Zujūnai Stadium
Spectators: 7717 (Terracing: 5789, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) 3 minutes into the match, Geležinis Vilkas's goal looked a bit too open when Gaston Zárate came free, but Ovidijus Merkelis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Santos City were awarded a corner in the 4th minute after Geležinis Vilkas's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Alexsandro Dionísio took the corner. After taking down the ball on Santos City's corner Alexsandro Dionísio fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ovidijus Merkelis quite easily take care of the ball. Ovidijus Merkelis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adilson Andrade, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Ovidijus Merkelis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eleuterio Galo, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Ovidijus Merkelis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaston Zárate in the 11th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Adilson Andrade ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ovidijus Merkelis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 18th minute, Pan Yi Mo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th match minute, Geležinis Vilkas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pere Bombardier to maneuver through the defense. Ovidijus Merkelis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexsandro Dionísio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 24 minutes of play, Santos City's Adilson Andrade made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ovidijus Merkelis was left in no man's land by his defense there! 32 minutes into the game, Wander de Carvalho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Ovidijus Merkelis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Santos City's Adilson Andrade got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ovidijus Merkelis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andrézinho Severo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th minute Gaston Zárate shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidijus Merkelis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adilson Andrade took the ball and in the 43 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ovidijus Merkelis. Ovidijus Merkelis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nojus Bikas to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Steven Verhaeghen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Steven Verhaeghen kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. In the 60th minute, Aílton de Barros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ovidijus Merkelis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wander de Carvalho, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Gaston Zárate could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Ovidijus Merkelis made a huge save. Santos City's Caner Timurhan was substituted for Eleuterio Galo. Silvinho Furtado made in the 70th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Gaston Zárate. Ovidijus Merkelis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gaston Zárate, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ovidijus Merkelis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaston Zárate in the 82nd minute of play. Geležinis Vilkas's Ovidijus Merkelis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Geležinis Vilkas from getting a goal against them. Ovidijus Merkelis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Umberto Mangueira went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Ovidijus Merkelis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Caner Timurhan in the 96th minute. Santos City's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.