World League

Monumental de CUEC
Spectators: 8468 (Terracing: 6352, Seating: 1947, VIP seats: 169) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sergio Mustafa started the match with the kick off. Osvaldinho Messias kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Diego Buinton hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Mustafa Arif Korcan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alex Acatincăi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 22 minutes into the game, Cristinel Mihalcea threw the ball into play from the sideline. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Bennvar Björkänge quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Mustafa Arif Korcan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yenal Tanır, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Raimundo Espírito Santo in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mustafa Arif Korcan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 25 minutes into the match, C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's goal looked a bit too open when Raimundo Espírito Santo came free, but Mustafa Arif Korcan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Sergio Mustafa kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Armando Gazza. That made the score 2-0 in the 31 minute of play. Teodoro Nikola's late challenge caught a Juventus PTM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teodoro Nikola helped the player get up and apologised. The audience was convinced that Sergio Mustafa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armando Gazza was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Sergio Mustafa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armando Gazza was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. After 45 minutes, Gualter Távora mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Juventus PTM and the C.U.E. DE COMERCIO players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 45 played minutes Juventus PTM got a freekick which was hit by Gualter Távora. 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 2-0.

54 minutes into the game, Cristinel Mihalcea threw the ball into play from the sideline. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Bennvar Björkänge quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 58th minute, Sergio Mustafa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The C.U.E. DE COMERCIO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's Betão Veiga was substituted for Bennvar Björkänge. After a rather tough play, Juventus PTM's Gualter Távora got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Juventus PTM's Ferdinand Honcioiu was substituted for Raimundo Espírito Santo. Juventus PTM's Petre Mitică was substituted for Vidar Albäck. After 64 played minutes Juventus PTM got a freekick which was hit by Gualter Távora. Armando Gazza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cheng Zhan Sheng in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ferdinand Honcioiu in the 67th minute of play forced C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's goalkeeper Mustafa Arif Korcan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute, Juventus PTM's Ferdinand Honcioiu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-1. Yenal Tanırs short, quick shot in the 74thth minute got Mustafa Arif Korcan to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Mustafa Arif Korcan made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Ferdinand Honcioiu sent off a good shot on target. Armando Gazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carlomagno Nunez, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 79th minute Teodoro Nikola shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armando Gazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th minute, Juventus PTM's Yenal Tanır ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Mustafa Arif Korcan. Mustafa Arif Korcan yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-2. 84 minutes into the match, C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Acatincăi came free, but Mustafa Arif Korcan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Juventus PTM defense, Carlomagno Nunez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Armando Gazza. The Juventus PTM fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Armando Gazza should have stopped the shot. Ferdinand Honcioiu scored 4-3 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mustafa Arif Korcan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. C.U.E. DE COMERCIO's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.