World League

Arena da Amazonia
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nicolas Travassos kicked off to start the match. In the 7th minute, Lázár Simon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cássio da Mata was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Lázár Simon recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tiburcio Elizardo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cássio da Mata having to interfere. David Boniel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Murillo Veiga kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the match, Manaus FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tiburcio Elizardo came free, but Cássio da Mata reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lázár Simon in the 17th minute of play forced Manaus FC's goalkeeper Cássio da Mata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the game, Acoite FC's Lázár Simon nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cássio da Mata made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. After some careless play in the Manaus FC defense, David Boniel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cássio da Mata. The Manaus FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cássio da Mata should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dick Sundström in the 26th minute of play forced Manaus FC's goalkeeper Cássio da Mata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cássio da Mata showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dick Sundström, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Manaus FC's Cássio da Mata played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiburcio Elizardo in the 30th minute of play. In the 31st minute Lázár Simon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cássio da Mata saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 35 minutes of play, Acoite FC's David Boniel made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cássio da Mata was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 38th minute, David Boniel 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. In the 40th minute, Tiburcio Elizardo made a precise shot to the right of Cássio da Mata. Manaus FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. After a rather tough play, Manaus FC's Tadeu Hoffmann got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Cássio da Mata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lázár Simon in the 44th minute of the match. The supporters of Acoite FC booed when Manaus FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guilherme Velloso didn't get a good kick on the ball. 45 minutes into the match, Tiburcio Elizardo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cássio da Mata. Manaus FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tiburcio Elizardo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7.

53 minutes into the match, Manaus FC's goalkeeper Cássio da Mata had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dick Sundström. Giorgos Kanakaris received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cássio da Mata came out and tried to block the shot, but Giorgos Kanakaris slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 57th minute. David Boniel took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cássio da Mata. Cássio da Mata dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-9. Thanks to some nice moves David Boniel could shoot a difficult shot in the 65th minute, which Cássio da Mata however easily saved by the left post. 66 minutes into the game, Lázár Simon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-10. Cássio da Mata was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 69 minutes into the match, Manaus FC's goalkeeper Cássio da Mata had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lázár Simon. In the 71st minute, Giorgos Kanakaris ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cássio da Mata was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-11. Cássio da Mata didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from David Boniel went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-12 was the resulting score. In the 78th minute, Acoite FC's David Boniel ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cássio da Mata. Cássio da Mata yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-13. Acoite FC made a substitution. Daniel Arnas replaced Giorgos Kanakaris. 85 minutes into the match, Tiburcio Elizardo notched a goal, 0-14, to the right of Manaus FC's Cássio da Mata. Cássio da Mata was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiburcio Elizardo in the 90th minute of play forced Manaus FC's goalkeeper Cássio da Mata to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cássio da Mata showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiburcio Elizardo in the 94th minute of the match. If Daniel Arnas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Manaus FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Acoite FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.