League

New York Arena
Spectators: 8149 (Terracing: 6113, Seating: 1874, VIP seats: 162) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eurico Viana took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Eurico Viana 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 5th minute Eurico Viana shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Percy Fernandez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mazarópi Barros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doctor Strange, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Doctor Strange notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of . SC Manhattan .'s Mazarópi Barros. Mazarópi Barros was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Percy Fernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eurico Viana in the 11th minute of the match. Mazarópi Barros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doctor Strange in the 12th minute of play. Percy Fernandez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eurico Viana went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 18th minute Dong Yang Bang shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mazarópi Barros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Percy Fernandez was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eurico Viana showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 22 minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goal looked a bit too open when Doctor Strange came free, but Mazarópi Barros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Percy Fernandez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eurico Viana in the 27th minute of play. . SC Manhattan .'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alexsandro da Costa in the 28th minute. A nice corner shot did that Alexsandro da Costa got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Percy Fernandez quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 31st minute of the match . SC Manhattan . got a corner. Sport Clube Recife's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Alexsandro da Costa ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to . SC Manhattan .'s Mon Manzano getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 34thth minute of the game Doctor Strange who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but . SC Manhattan .'s Mazarópi Barros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Sport Clube Recife's Doctor Strange in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye . SC Manhattan .'s goalie prevented a goal. Doctor Strange scored 3-2 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mazarópi Barros, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When . SC Manhattan .'s Eurico Viana in the 51st minute got a chance for a shot 51st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sport Clube Recife's goalie prevented a goal. Mazarópi Barros made an important save on a dangerous shot by Doctor Strange in the 60th minute. In the 62nd minute, Sport Clube Recife's Doctor Strange ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mazarópi Barros. Mazarópi Barros yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-3. After a rather tough play, Sport Clube Recife's Pablo Lampard got a free kick in the 64th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Pablo Lampard kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mazarópi Barros. That made the score 3-4 in the 66 minute of play. . SC Manhattan .'s attentive Zülfü Kahveci managed to snatch the ball when Delfim Leite made a throw-in in the 69th minute of the game. With an all-out effort, Sport Clube Recife's Mazarópi Barros threw himself towards the right post 73 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Doctor Strange, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 75th minute, Mon Manzano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The . SC Manhattan . fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-4. Mazarópi Barros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gualter Penha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. . SC Manhattan .'s Mazarópi Barros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gualter Penha in the 82nd minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Gualter Penha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mazarópi Barros was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-5. With a little luck, . SC Manhattan .'s Mazarópi Barros got control of the ball when Pablo Lampard tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sport Clube Recife's Pablo Lampard got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to . SC Manhattan . getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Andy Strömberg hit a great ball. Percy Fernandez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mon Manzano's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. In the 92nd match minute, Sport Clube Recife was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Delfim Leite to maneuver through the defense. 94 minutes had been played when some careless play by Sport Clube Recife's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alexsandro da Costa was slow to take the kick. During this time . SC Manhattan .'s players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on . SC Manhattan .'s corner Alexsandro da Costa fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Percy Fernandez quite easily take care of the ball. Markus Münch hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match.