Friendly League

Estadio Azteca
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jonas Hautot started the match with the kick off. La mano de D10S's Güray Orcan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andrzej Zapolski in the 4th minute of play. After 12 minutes of play, La mano de D10S's Jonas Hautot made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lu Zhen Sheng was left in no man's land by his defense there! Güray Orcan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilfredo Cutberto in the 17th minute of play. Lu Zhen Sheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonas Hautot in the 22nd minute of the match. After 26 minutes, Carmelo Puyol mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the La mano de D10S and the DREAM TEAM WORLD players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 35th minute Wilfredo Cutberto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Güray Orcan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, DREAM TEAM WORLD's Lu Zhen Sheng got control of the ball when Jonas Hautot tried to sneak it across the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

DREAM TEAM WORLD's Elpidio Curcio was substituted for Paulo Jon. DREAM TEAM WORLD made a substitution. Koča Kafarov replaced Andrzej Zapolski. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Koča Kafarov to strike the kick off in the second half. Güray Orcan acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 57th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Betinho de Queirós. La mano de D10S made a substitution. Andrés Iniesta replaced Carmelo Puyol. In the 65th minute La mano de D10S were awarded a corner. Dacian Turlea went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led La mano de D10S's Arman Ersan to fire away a dangerous shot which Lu Zhen Sheng despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. With splendid footwork Koča Kafarov arrived in front of goal to shoot 1-2 by the left pole in the game's 66th minute. Francesc Tamari might have been able to make a better finish in the 69th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lu Zhen Sheng. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Francesc Tamari ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Ke Zheng Xing's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lu Zhen Sheng was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. When Ke Zheng Xing came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the La mano de D10S 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 Ke Zheng Xing couldn't finish the play. 76 minutes into the match, DREAM TEAM WORLD's goal looked a bit too open when Francesc Tamari came free, but Lu Zhen Sheng reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Héctor Adomaitis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Güray Orcan having to interfere. 84 minutes into the match, Koča Kafarov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Güray Orcan. La mano de D10S's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Koča Kafarov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Maximiliano Vime was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 88th minute. DREAM TEAM WORLD's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Lu Zhen Sheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Francesc Tamari in the 90th minute of the match. Lu Zhen Sheng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francesc Tamari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, DREAM TEAM WORLD's Betinho de Queirós got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Lu Zhen Sheng showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dacian Turlea in the 94th minute of the match. La mano de D10S were awarded a corner in the 95th minute after DREAM TEAM WORLD's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dacian Turlea took the corner. The corner led La mano de D10S's Dacian Turlea to fire away a dangerous shot which Lu Zhen Sheng despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 99th minute of the match La mano de D10S got a corner. DREAM TEAM WORLD's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dacian Turlea ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Andrés Iniesta got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lu Zhen Sheng quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. DREAM TEAM WORLD had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.