World League

AMG Stadium
Spectators: 7705 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 145) Academia Monte Gordo's Fabrício Lustosa 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 3rd minute, Vidmantas Ubartas 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. Lithuanian amber's Damazy Mitus proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Lithuanian amber from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Fabrício Lustosa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Damazy Mitus was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. With his leg Damazy Mitus managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Academia Monte Gordo's Fabrício Lustosa fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 31 minutes into the match, Academia Monte Gordo's Fabrício Lustosa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Damazy Mitus narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mao Zhen Hong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vidmantas Ubartas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabrício Lustosa could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Damazy Mitus made a huge save. Mao Zhen Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramūnas Grigutis in the 37th minute of the match. In the 41st minute, Pascual Mouricio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Ramūnas Grigutis came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Lithuanian amber 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 Ramūnas Grigutis couldn't finish the play.

Academia Monte Gordo's Fryderyk Grucza was substituted for Fabrício Lustosa. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ramūnas Grigutis to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramūnas Grigutis in the 62nd minute of play forced Academia Monte Gordo's goalkeeper Mao Zhen Hong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute of the match Lithuanian amber got a corner. Academia Monte Gordo's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hubertas Kalpokas ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Lithuanian amber's corner Hubertas Kalpokas fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Mao Zhen Hong quite easily take care of the ball. With his leg Mao Zhen Hong managed to avoid a goal in the 66thth minute, when Lithuanian amber's Ramūnas Grigutis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Mao Zhen Hong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vidmantas Ubartas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mao Zhen Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Saulius Mikalajūnas in the 69th minute of the match. Academia Monte Gordo's Mao Zhen Hong proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Academia Monte Gordo from getting a goal against them. A hard shot 72 in the game by Ramūnas Grigutis from a close distance when the talented Mao Zhen Hong managed to make a qualified save. Academia Monte Gordo's players were relieved. Mao Zhen Hong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saulius Mikalajūnas, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Damazy Mitus showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fryderyk Grucza in the 77th minute of the match. In the 81st match minute, Academia Monte Gordo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boruc Brysz to maneuver through the defense. Academia Monte Gordo made a substitution. Kartal Kartalov replaced Pascual Mouricio. In the 82nd minute, Boruc Brysz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Academia Monte Gordo's zone, Hubertas Kalpokas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mao Zhen Hong came out of the goal and Hubertas Kalpokas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mao Zhen Hong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramūnas Grigutis, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Mao Zhen Hong made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vidmantas Ubartas in the 88th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fryderyk Grucza in the 93rd minute of play forced Lithuanian amber's goalkeeper Damazy Mitus to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.