World League

Arena de São Miguel
Spectators: 7659 (Terracing: 5746, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) An unexpectedly hard shot by Lu Chen in the 3rd minute of play forced Gliwicka Torcida's goalkeeper Claudinho Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gliwicka Torcida's Pawel Turok got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vítor Resende got free with Claudinho Taffarel in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pawel Turok fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gervásio Sousa having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Palmiro Bettencourt in the 16th minute of play forced Gliwicka Torcida's goalkeeper Claudinho Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gervásio Sousa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ingvar Danielsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Claudinho Taffarel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Klaus Van Mellart in the 21st minute. 25 minutes into the game, Klaus Van Mellart cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Claudinho Taffarel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 29th minute, Vítor Resende had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Fabian Bator's late challenge caught a Atlético Micaelense's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabian Bator helped the player get up and apologised. Atlético Micaelense's Geraldo Madureira was substituted for Vítor Resende. A collision led to Gliwicka Torcida getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Fabian Bator hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Klaus Van Mellart got free with Claudinho Taffarel in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Claudinho Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geraldo Madureira, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Gliwicka Torcida's attentive Pawel Turok managed to snatch the ball when Fryderyk Tyskie made a throw-in in the 36th minute of the game. When Pawel Turok came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Gliwicka Torcida 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 Pawel Turok couldn't finish the play. After 39 played minutes, Gliwicka Torcida's Karol Chrobak shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gervásio Sousa came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Gliwicka Torcida reached it. In the 41st minute Ingvar Danielsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gervásio Sousa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 41stth minute of the game Fabian Bator who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Atlético Micaelense's Gervásio Sousa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Palmiro Bettencourt made the kick off in the second half. Claudinho Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Klaus Van Mellart, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. The audience held their breath when Fabrício Coelho in the 54th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Claudinho Taffarel's left hand side. After 60 minutes of play, Atlético Micaelense's Klaus Van Mellart made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Claudinho Taffarel was left in no man's land by his defense there! Claudinho Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Palmiro Bettencourt in the 64th minute of the match. Lu Chen might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Claudinho Taffarel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lu Chen ran back to his position shaking his head. 66 minutes into the game, Atlético Micaelense's Palmiro Bettencourt nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Claudinho Taffarel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Claudinho Taffarel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geraldo Madureira, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Atlético Micaelense's Gervásio Sousa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Atlético Micaelense from getting a goal against them. In the 78th minute Leal Cabral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claudinho Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claudinho Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klaus Van Mellart in the 81st minute of the match. Claudinho Taffarel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leal Cabral in the 84th minute of play. Claudinho Taffarel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leal Cabral in the 84th minute of the match. The supporters of Gliwicka Torcida booed when Atlético Micaelense was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Palmiro Osório didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gervásio Sousa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ingvar Danielsson in the 93rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lu Chen in the 94th minute of play forced Gliwicka Torcida's goalkeeper Claudinho Taffarel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Atlético Micaelense's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.