World League

Estádio Cercadinho
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jonatan Palban took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatan Palban in the 3rd minute of play forced Cercadinho's goalkeeper Mugurel Zota to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute Jonatan Palban shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mugurel Zota saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 21 minutes into the match, Cercadinho's goal looked a bit too open when Jonatan Palban came free, but Mugurel Zota reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 23 minutes of play, NUMBA's Edmund Wierzcholek made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mugurel Zota was left in no man's land by his defense there! With 29 minutes on the clock, Ulf Bergqvist commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Ulf Bergqvist hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Ulf Bergqvist hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Daniel Aztore took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 31st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mugurel Zota. Cercadinho's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. William de Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mugurel Zota made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonatan Palban in the 37th minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, NUMBA's Edmund Wierzcholek sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mugurel Zota narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 48 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cercadinho's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Daniel Aztore was slow to take the kick. During this time NUMBA's players had a chance to rest. NUMBA's Daniel Aztore was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Mugurel Zota in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in.

The wind increased when William de Castro made the kick off in the second half. When the match clock showed 52 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Jonatan Palban sped through Cercadinho's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mugurel Zota. After a rather tough play, Cercadinho's Izydor Domamir got a free kick in the 56th minute. Izydor Domamir hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jonatan Palban got free with Mugurel Zota in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Edmund Wierzcholek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Mugurel Zota tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daniel Aztore fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mugurel Zota having to interfere. Jailson Mazza's late challenge caught a NUMBA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jailson Mazza helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of NUMBA booed when Cercadinho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jailson Mazza didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Jonatan Palban's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mugurel Zota was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. In the 70th minute Edmund Wierzcholek shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mugurel Zota saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mugurel Zota made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Sadurni in the 74th minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Cercadinho's goal looked a bit too open when Jonatan Palban came free, but Mugurel Zota reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 81st minute, William de Castro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Cercadinho's Mugurel Zota got control of the ball when Edmund Wierzcholek tried to sneak it across the goal line. Mugurel Zota showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonatan Palban, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Jailson Mazza hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the match was over NUMBA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cercadinho throughout the match.