World League

Relvado Arena
Spectators: 7604 (Terracing: 5704, Seating: 1749, VIP seats: 151) Duda Cordeiro's late challenge caught a Al-Femur FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Duda Cordeiro helped the player get up and apologised. In the 10th match minute, Facopo FBPA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Duda Cordeiro to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute Kilian Mbappè shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osvaldinho Moreno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hansjörg Wastl showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hori Galli, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Al-Femur FC's Hansjörg Wastl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Samuel Bastos in the 17th minute of play. With his leg Hansjörg Wastl managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when Facopo FBPA's Cristóvão Mattos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 24 minutes into the match, Al-Femur FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cristóvão Mattos came free, but Hansjörg Wastl reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Osvaldinho Moreno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kilian Mbappè, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 29 minutes into the match, Kilian Mbappè had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Osvaldinho Moreno. Facopo FBPA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kilian Mbappè was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Osvaldinho Moreno made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kilian Mbappè in the 32nd minute of play. Hansjörg Wastl made an important save on a dangerous shot by Samuel Bastos in the 35th minute. After 40 played minutes Facopo FBPA got a freekick which was hit by Duda Cordeiro. The audience was convinced that Kilian Mbappè's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Osvaldinho Moreno was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. Hansjörg Wastl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristóvão Mattos in the 48th minute of the match.

Facopo FBPA made a substitution. Filip Slipetskyi replaced Samuel Bastos. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kilian Mbappè to make the kick off. Osvaldinho Moreno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kilian Mbappè, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Kilian Mbappè came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Al-Femur FC 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 Kilian Mbappè couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Facopo FBPA getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Ali Kürşat Muhlis hit a great ball. Hansjörg Wastl showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hori Galli, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Al-Femur FC's Victorino Vimaro was substituted for Pang Xing. In the 71st minute, Hakan Ünsal 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. Hansjörg Wastl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hori Galli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filip Slipetskyi in the 78th minute of play forced Al-Femur FC's goalkeeper Hansjörg Wastl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Osvaldinho Moreno didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Al-Femur FC's Urbano Chuse shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. A collision led to Al-Femur FC getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Antony Brouillet hit a great ball. The Al-Femur FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Al-Femur FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.