U21 World League

Arena Cruzeiro
Spectators: 7764 (Terracing: 5824, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eurico Pinho kicked off to start the match. In the 5th minute, Manfredo Cabral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valdemar Quadros came out of the goal in the 6th minute to try and stop a shot by AC Ony's Ciprian Caba. But to his dismay, Ciprian Caba quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Donald Tusk took the ball and in the 9 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valdemar Quadros. Valdemar Quadros dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After 12 minutes, Eurico Pinho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- and the AC Ony players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Eurico Pinho hit a great ball. After 14 played minutes AC Ony got a freekick which was hit by Ciprian Caba. Isac Mihalcea kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute Donald Tusk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdemar Quadros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valdemar Quadros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Donald Tusk in the 20th minute of play. When AC Ony's Sven-Erik Hermansson in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goalie prevented a goal. Valdemar Quadros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julio Dei, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Valdemar Quadros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donald Tusk in the 30th minute of play. Valdemar Quadros didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ciprian Caba went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. 35 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goal looked a bit too open when Ciprian Caba came free, but Valdemar Quadros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Valdemar Quadros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donald Tusk in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciprian Caba in the 38th minute of play forced Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Valdemar Quadros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Julio Dei took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 41st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Valdemar Quadros. Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Haroldo Recife hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciprian Caba in the 44th minute of play forced Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Valdemar Quadros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ernest Arseanu hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ciprian Caba stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Valdemar Quadros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven-Erik Hermansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. After some careless play in the Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- defense, Sven-Erik Hermansson kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valdemar Quadros. The Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valdemar Quadros should have stopped the shot. Donald Tusk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 55 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goal looked a bit too open when Donald Tusk came free, but Valdemar Quadros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ciprian Caba's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 59thth minute, Valdemar Quadros skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 61 played minutes Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- got a freekick which was hit by Remo Carneiro. AC Ony's Ciprian Milan was substituted for Sven-Erik Hermansson. AC Ony's Albérico Lameiras was substituted for Ciprian Caba. After a rather tough play, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Remo Carneiro got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 72 minutes into the match, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper Valdemar Quadros had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ciprian Milan. Valdemar Quadros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciprian Milan in the 76th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Ciprian Milan notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ-'s Valdemar Quadros. Valdemar Quadros was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 82 minutes of play, AC Ony's Ciprian Milan made it 0-8 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valdemar Quadros was left in no man's land by his defense there! With an all-out effort, AC Ony's Valdemar Quadros threw himself towards the right post 92 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Donald Tusk, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Valdemar Quadros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciprian Milan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Haroldo Recife kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. In the 96th match minute, Cruzeiro MZC -DMZ- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eurico Pinho to maneuver through the defense. Ciprian Milan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 97th minute of the match, but Valdemar Quadros made a huge save. AC Ony's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.