World League

Xopotó Arena
Spectators: 7830 (Terracing: 5874, Seating: 1800, VIP seats: 156) Yaman Academy®'s Kerimhan Azim 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. After 4 minutes of play, Wolves FC - DMZ's Ronaldo Joinvilense made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Long Liang was left in no man's land by his defense there! Long Liang stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ronaldo Joinvilense's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldo Joinvilense in the 9th minute of play forced Yaman Academy®'s goalkeeper Long Liang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 10th minute Ronaldo Joinvilense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Long Liang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute, Wolves FC - DMZ's Ronaldo Joinvilense dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. Ronaldo Joinvilense could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Long Liang made a huge save. Theo Hernández made in the 27th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Wolves FC - DMZ's José Carlos Gomes. 28 minutes into the match, Yaman Academy®'s goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldo Joinvilense came free, but Long Liang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Long Liang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Löhr in the 32nd minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Yaman Academy®'s goal looked a bit too open when Marco Löhr came free, but Long Liang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kerimhan Azim in the 35th minute of play forced Wolves FC - DMZ's goalkeeper Guillen Aguillar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wolves FC - DMZ's Ronaldo Joinvilense got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 46 played minutes Wolves FC - DMZ got a freekick which was hit by Tiago Gonçalves.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ronaldo Joinvilense to make the kick off. In the 56th minute, Enzo Patxi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wolves FC - DMZ were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Yaman Academy®'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Abram Cadabra took the corner. Long Liang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Löhr in the 60th minute of the match. Marco Löhr hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ronaldo Joinvilense in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Long Liang saved Yaman Academy® from getting behind. When Wolves FC - DMZ's Ronaldo Joinvilense in the 67th minute got a chance for a shot 67th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Yaman Academy®'s goalie prevented a goal. 68 minutes into the match, Yaman Academy®'s goal looked a bit too open when Ronaldo Joinvilense came free, but Long Liang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute Marco Löhr shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Long Liang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Long Liang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronaldo Joinvilense in the 75th minute of play. Wolves FC - DMZ's Neto Queraria was substituted for Esbjörn Löfkvist. 86 minutes into the match, Edgard Mendes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Long Liang. Yaman Academy®'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edgard Mendes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Long Liang didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marco Löhr went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. Yaman Academy®'s Long Liang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldo Joinvilense in the 92nd minute of play. Long Liang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abram Cadabra, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Edgard Mendes took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Long Liang. Long Liang dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 7-0. There was no doubt that Wolves FC - DMZ were the better team. Wolves FC - DMZ's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.