World League

San Siro Stadium
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Claudio-Paul Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicolas Gois in the 2nd minute of the match. 8 minutes into the game, White Hart Lane's Peter Petersson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Claudio-Paul Taffarel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Bertil Ekman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Claudio-Paul Taffarel was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. In the 17th minute, Bertil Ekman ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Claudio-Paul Taffarel was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Claudio-Paul Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertil Ekman in the 19th minute of the match. Claudio-Paul Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolas Gois in the 22nd minute of play. Delfim Paraense hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. In the 25th minute Peter Petersson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudio-Paul Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claudio-Paul Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Petersson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Claudio-Paul Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olle Ekström, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 29th minute Nicolas Gois shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudio-Paul Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claudio-Paul Taffarel didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when White Hart Lane's Bertil Ekman shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolas Gois in the 35th minute of play forced Inter de Melão's goalkeeper Claudio-Paul Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute Nicolas Gois shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudio-Paul Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 37 minutes, Acácio Pernambucano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Inter de Melão and the White Hart Lane players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 37th minute, Acácio Pernambucano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Inter de Melão's Claudio-Paul Taffarel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Supreme Back in the 39th minute of play. Claudio-Paul Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olle Ekström, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Olle Ekström to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52ndth minute of the game Olle Ekström who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Inter de Melão's Claudio-Paul Taffarel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. White Hart Lane's Supreme Back suffered a sore thigh after 54 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Klaus Meine during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Inter de Melão's Klaus Meine got a free kick in the 55th minute. A hard shot by Peter Petersson from long distance, 56 minutes into the match, got Claudio-Paul Taffarel's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. 57 minutes into the match, White Hart Lane's goal looked a bit too open when Delfim Paraense came free, but Esbjörn Apelquist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Inter de Melão's Claudio-Paul Taffarel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Inter de Melão from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Inter de Melão getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Delfim Paraense hit a great ball. When Olle Ekström came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the White Hart Lane 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 Olle Ekström couldn't finish the play. Claudio-Paul Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olle Ekström in the 63rd minute of play. Esbjörn Apelquist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tobias Zachrisson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Inter de Melão's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Delfim Paraense in the 75th minute. A nice corner shot did that Delfim Paraense got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Esbjörn Apelquist quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A hard shot 78 in the game by Olle Ekström from a close distance when the talented Claudio-Paul Taffarel managed to make a qualified save. Inter de Melão's players were relieved. 83 minutes into the match, Inter de Melão's goalkeeper Claudio-Paul Taffarel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Olle Ekström. Claudio-Paul Taffarel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Olle Ekström in the 83rd minute. Olle Ekström might have been able to make a better finish in the 87th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Claudio-Paul Taffarel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Olle Ekström ran back to his position shaking his head. The crowd rose to their feet as Olle Ekström kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Claudio-Paul Taffarel. That made the score 0-4 in the 92 minute of play. The Inter de Melão fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. White Hart Lane were clearly better and deserved to take the win.