World League

ALEXANDRIA ARENA
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Marin Dică made the kick off and thus started the match. 6 minutes into the match, Cercadinho's goalkeeper Mugurel Zota had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marin Dică. Panait Frânculescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valiente Venezian, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Marin Dică scored 1-0 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mugurel Zota, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Faustão Abraão had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Cercadinho getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Walmir Pirani hit a great ball. Mugurel Zota made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marin Dică in the 28th minute. In the 32nd minute Marin Dică 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. Cercadinho's Mugurel Zota proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Cercadinho from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Cercadinho's Mugurel Zota got control of the ball when Marin Dică tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marin Dică got free with Mugurel Zota in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Valiente Venezian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Panait Frânculescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Valiente Venezian was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valiente Venezian in the 53rd minute of play forced Alexandria Team08's goalkeeper Panait Frânculescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cercadinho made a substitution. Jailson Mazza replaced Luisinho Vinhas. Panait Frânculescu made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Jailson Mazza sent off a good shot on target. Alexandria Team08's Panait Frânculescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valiente Venezian in the 65th minute of play. When Kılıç Özyuva fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alexandria Team08's protests and gave Kılıç Özyuva a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Alexandria Team08 getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Kılıç Özyuva hit a great ball. Walmir Pirani made in the 70th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Alexandria Team08's Jedrzej Sanocki. Cercadinho's Mugurel Zota played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhou in the 71st minute of play. In the 73rdth minute of the game Zhou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cercadinho's Mugurel Zota was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Zhou spun around in front of the goal 73 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Cercadinho's goal. Panait Frânculescu made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Abdulkadir Turay sent off a good shot on target. Cercadinho's Mugurel Zota played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Basarab Panciu in the 77th minute of play. Zhou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Mugurel Zota tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cercadinho made a substitution. Edmundo Aparecido replaced Ulf Bergqvist. Mugurel Zota made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhou in the 85th minute of play. After 86 minutes of play, Alexandria Team08's Zhou made it 2-0 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! 95 minutes into the match, Zhou notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Cercadinho's Mugurel Zota. Mugurel Zota was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.