World League

The New Oval
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Francis Curtis got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zhang Zheng Liang in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Torstein Stenseth saved Corinthians FC from getting behind. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Corinthians FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stavros Katritsis was slow to take the kick. During this time Vila Mascote FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Corinthians FC's goalie and right to Cleiton Vidal. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Corinthians FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. After 8 minutes of play, Vila Mascote FC's Cleiton Vidal made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Torstein Stenseth was left in no man's land by his defense there! Vila Mascote FC's William Rosa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save Vila Mascote FC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaká Mota in the 21st minute of play forced Corinthians FC's goalkeeper Torstein Stenseth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zhang Zheng Liang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Torstein Stenseth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cleiton Vidal might have been able to make a better finish in the 23rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Torstein Stenseth. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cleiton Vidal ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhang Zheng Liang in the 24th minute of play forced Corinthians FC's goalkeeper Torstein Stenseth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Kaká Mota had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Torstein Stenseth. Corinthians FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kaká Mota was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Torstein Stenseth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cleiton Vidal in the 31st minute of the match. Stavros Katritsis made a great header on Vila Mascote FC's corner, it was just that Corinthians FC's Torstein Stenseth managed to reach the ball for a save. After 40 played minutes Corinthians FC got a freekick which was hit by Teodoro Hondaro. Torstein Stenseth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhang Zheng Liang, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Torstein Stenseth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zhang Zheng Liang, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Cleiton Vidal scored 0-3 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Torstein Stenseth, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The crowd rose to their feet as Vila Mascote FC's Kaká Mota slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Torstein Stenseth. That made the score 0-4 after 53 minutes of play. In the 58th minute of the match, João Francisco Baiano tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Torstein Stenseth saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. If Niceto Ramirez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cleiton Vidal in the 69th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Torstein Stenseth prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Torstein Stenseth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaká Mota in the 72nd minute of the match. Torstein Stenseth made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kaká Mota in the 74th minute. In the 75th minute Cleiton Vidal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Torstein Stenseth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cleiton Vidal received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Torstein Stenseth came out and tried to block the shot, but Cleiton Vidal slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 77th minute. With a little luck, Corinthians FC's Torstein Stenseth got control of the ball when Zhang Zheng Liang tried to sneak it across the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, Corinthians FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kaká Mota came free, but Torstein Stenseth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Francis Curtis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Kaká Mota came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Vila Mascote FC 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 Kaká Mota couldn't finish the play. In the 95th minute, Vila Mascote FC's Cleiton Vidal dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. In the 98th minute of the match, Cleiton Vidal tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Torstein Stenseth saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.