World League

Stade Zoë
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Shoval Diggs started the match with the kick off. Diamantino Magalhães showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shoval Diggs, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Academia Militar MZ's Diamantino Magalhães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shoval Diggs in the 6th minute of play. In the 9th minute Hélder Custódio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damiano Melfi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ren Chen Hong was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 16th minute. Sheep United's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Cao Xi Zhan struck a weak shot in the 17th minute. Diamantino Magalhães didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sheep United. Academia Militar MZ's Diamantino Magalhães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shoval Diggs in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerrie Bot in the 23rd minute of play forced Academia Militar MZ's goalkeeper Diamantino Magalhães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 28th minute, Sheldon Cooper fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Diamantino Magalhães, passed just outside the right post. Bernd Goldsche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After having played for 44 minutes, Hélder Custódio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Academia Militar MZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hélder Custódio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 45 played minutes Academia Militar MZ got a freekick which was hit by André Luís Leite. Diamantino Magalhães was a little too slow when Shoval Diggs got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 46th minute. The score was now 1-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Bernd Goldsche made the kick off in the second half. Sheldon Cooper took the ball and in the 51 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Diamantino Magalhães. Diamantino Magalhães dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. With a little luck, Sheep United's Damiano Melfi got control of the ball when Genílson França tried to sneak it across the goal line. Genílson França had several of the Sheep United's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 54 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-1 score and a disappointed Damiano Melfi as he didn't even see the shot coming. Diamantino Magalhães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shoval Diggs in the 58th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shoval Diggs in the 63rd minute of play forced Academia Militar MZ's goalkeeper Diamantino Magalhães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Academia Militar MZ's Hélder Custódio got a free kick in the 68th minute. Genílson França could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Damiano Melfi made a huge save. Diamantino Magalhães took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shoval Diggs, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Antonio Parra in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Diamantino Magalhães saved Academia Militar MZ from getting behind. José Antonio Parra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Diamantino Magalhães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shoval Diggs in the 81st minute of play. Sheep United's Damiano Melfi proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save Sheep United from getting a goal against them. Diamantino Magalhães showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Antonio Parra in the 93rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sheldon Cooper in the 94th minute of play forced Academia Militar MZ's goalkeeper Diamantino Magalhães to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.