World League

Stadion Potrzebowice
Spectators: 7631 (Terracing: 5724, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fabrício Lustosa took the kick off in the first half of the match. O D M I E Ń C Y ™'s Eric Esposito was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 5th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Mao Zhen Hong made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kain Abel in the 8th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Academia Monte Gordo's goalkeeper Mao Zhen Hong had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eric Esposito. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Fabrício Lustosa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Academia Monte Gordo's supporters rose to their feet, but Fabrício Lustosa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marioara Matei breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eric Esposito got free with Mao Zhen Hong in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 17 minutes, Boruc Brysz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Academia Monte Gordo and the O D M I E Ń C Y ™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fabio Cannavaro got free with Mao Zhen Hong in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Fabio Cannavaro took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Mao Zhen Hong to make any attempt to save it. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Academia Monte Gordo's goalkeeper Mao Zhen Hong, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 22 minutes in the game Kaká MacAlister did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Wim Oosterman. 31 minutes into the match, Academia Monte Gordo's Fabrício Lustosa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marioara Matei narrowly saved just below the crossbar. O D M I E Ń C Y ™'s Marioara Matei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabrício Lustosa in the 39th minute of play. In the 43rd minute of the game Simon Matsson made a throw-in which Fabrício Lustosa played forward. 44 minutes into the game, Arana Ponta was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Academia Monte Gordo's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave O D M I E Ń C Y ™ the free kick. A collision led to Academia Monte Gordo getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Arana Ponta hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, O D M I E Ń C Y ™'s Kain Abel got a free kick in the 45th minute. Marioara Matei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabrício Lustosa in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kain Abel made a kick off. Marioara Matei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fryderyk Grucza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 60 minutes into the match, Adérito Abreu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marioara Matei. O D M I E Ń C Y ™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adérito Abreu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. 62 minutes into the game, Simon Matsson threw the ball into play from the sideline. O D M I E Ń C Y ™'s Ulrik Sjöberg quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience was convinced that Eric Esposito's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mao Zhen Hong was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. The throw-in from Mauro Lopez de Toro in the 69th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Academia Monte Gordo's Kartal Kartalov. Mauro Lopez de Toro charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mauro Lopez de Toro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Academia Monte Gordo's Dinei Sergipano was substituted for Adérito Abreu. A sloppy throw-in by Mauro Lopez de Toro in the 74th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Academia Monte Gordo's Kartal Kartalov. Academia Monte Gordo's Mao Zhen Hong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eric Esposito in the 78th minute of play. Fryderyk Grucza could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Marioara Matei made a huge save. 86 minutes into the game, Fryderyk Grucza cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Marioara Matei was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Mao Zhen Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kain Abel in the 89th minute of the match. Academia Monte Gordo's attentive Arana Ponta managed to snatch the ball when Fabio Cannavaro made a throw-in in the 91st minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fryderyk Grucza got free with Marioara Matei in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kain Abel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mauro Lopez de Toro got his second yellow card in the match during the 95th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 96 played minutes O D M I E Ń C Y ™ got a freekick which was hit by Mauro Lopez de Toro. Academia Monte Gordo were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing O D M I E Ń C Y ™ to leave the ground with a draw.