World League

TELHÃO DO FOOTBALL
Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) SLB TELHA's Valério Vilaça started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 9th minute, Tincho Palermo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Ali Hamza Gündüz kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Alfonsas Jakniūnas kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Assunção in the 27th minute of play forced CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS's goalkeeper Benito Michael to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29th minute, Bernd Rechmann made a precise shot to the right of Osvaldo Granja. SLB TELHA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Osvaldo Granja came out of the goal in the 32nd minute to try and stop a shot by CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS's Tincho Palermo. But to his dismay, Tincho Palermo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. The supporters of CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS booed when SLB TELHA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eusébio Candeias didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 39th minute Tincho Palermo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osvaldo Granja saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS's goalkeeper Benito Michael, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Roman Lech hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After 46 minutes, Valério Vilaça mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SLB TELHA and the CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 46th minute, Valério Vilaça hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tincho Palermo to make the kick off. Osvaldo Granja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tincho Palermo in the 55th minute of the match. A sloppy throw-in by Cristiano Cardoso in the 59th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS's Oscar-Alfredo Ruggeri. With a little luck, SLB TELHA's Osvaldo Granja got control of the ball when Tincho Palermo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 61st minute CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS were awarded a corner. Tincho Palermo went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS's Ali Kağan Özerek to fire away a dangerous shot which Osvaldo Granja despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Ali Kağan Özereks short, quick shot in the 61stth minute got Osvaldo Granja to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Benito Michael made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valério Vilaça in the 65th minute of play. The supporters of SLB TELHA booed when CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfonsas Jakniūnas didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of SLB TELHA booed when CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfonsas Jakniūnas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elias Oihenarte received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Osvaldo Granja came out and tried to block the shot, but Elias Oihenarte slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 79th minute. In the 82nd minute, Valério Vilaça made a precise shot to the right of Benito Michael. CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. 85 minutes into the match, CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS's goal looked a bit too open when João Assunção came free, but Benito Michael reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benito Michael showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Assunção in the 85th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Lucjan Laskowski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A nice corner shot did that Oscar-Alfredo Ruggeri got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Osvaldo Granja quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. SLB TELHA's Osvaldo Granja proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save SLB TELHA from getting a goal against them. CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.