World League

Academy Arena
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Amado Leite got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Celso Estrada was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Stars Academy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dobsko SSA the free kick. The supporters of Dobsko SSA booed when Stars Academy was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Celso Estrada didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dobsko SSA's Luiz Paulo Alcântara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amado Leite in the 6th minute of play. Raul Faria lost his temper 7 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 8th match minute, Stars Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raul Faria to maneuver through the defense. Radowit Borkowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Almiro Benevides having to interfere. Almiro Benevides stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zula Sierocki's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. In the 11th minute, Alexandre Infante hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Stars Academy defense, Radowit Borkowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Almiro Benevides. The Stars Academy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Almiro Benevides should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Stars Academy getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Antero Rebocho hit a great ball. After 29 played minutes Dobsko SSA got a freekick which was hit by Herbert Milko. In the 30th minute, Amado Leite hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Almiro Benevides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radowit Borkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Almiro Benevides made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herbert Milko in the 33rd minute of play. Almiro Benevides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herbert Milko, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. If Radowit Borkowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Stars Academy's Almiro Benevides played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Herbert Milko in the 46th minute of play. After the first half Dobsko SSA were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Baldomero Mancio was the one to do the kick off. Dobsko SSA's Baldomero Mancio got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dobsko SSA's Luiz Paulo Alcântara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cândido Fagundes in the 56th minute of play. After 57 minutes Dobsko SSA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Alexandre Infante who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Alexandre Infante got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Luiz Paulo Alcântara quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Cândido Fagundes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Radowit Borkowski took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Almiro Benevides. Almiro Benevides dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 67th minute Radowit Borkowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Almiro Benevides saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Stars Academy's Alexandre Infante got a free kick in the 71st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Radowit Borkowski got free with Almiro Benevides in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 73 played minutes Herbert Milko rounded Stars Academy's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herbert Milko in the 82nd minute of play forced Stars Academy's goalkeeper Almiro Benevides to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 90 played minutes Stars Academy got a freekick which was hit by Cândido Fagundes. In the 93rd minute, Lukasz Cerocki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 94th minute of the match Alexandre Infante shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Luiz Paulo Alcântara showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Almiro Benevides made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herbert Milko in the 96th minute of play.