World League

Capibaribe Stadium
Spectators: 8629 (Terracing: 6473, Seating: 1984, VIP seats: 172) Daniel Sousa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Long Liang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Atalay Turkays short, quick shot in the 10thth minute got Long Liang to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Thomás Toscano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Manuel Isăilă, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 13 played minutes ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ got a freekick which was hit by Witomir Cichowski. Capibaribe Stars's Atalay Turkay shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 14th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Long Liang but with some difficulty. Lothar Matthäus hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. It was beautiful to see ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Leo Billock in action when he in the 18th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Denislav Mesalski made in the 22nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Ştefan Iacobucci. Daniel Sousa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Long Liang having to make a save. Long Liang made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Daniel Sousa sent off a good shot on target. 30 minutes into the match, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Sousa came free, but Long Liang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 35 minutes of play, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s Manuel Isăilă made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thomás Toscano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Long Liang came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Capibaribe Stars's Daniel Sousa. But to his dismay, Daniel Sousa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Long Liang didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Daniel Sousa went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Daniel Sousa to strike the kick off in the second half. Daniel Sousa scored 4-1 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Long Liang, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 58 minutes into the match, ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Sousa came free, but Long Liang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mehmet Çağrı Hadi hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. The supporters of Capibaribe Stars booed when ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mehmet Çağrı Hadi didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 66th minute, Manuel Isăilă reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Thomás Toscano. The goal made the score 4-2. ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ made a substitution. Lv Qiang Xiao replaced Leo Billock. Long Liang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flóki Factor in the 75th minute of play. In the 75th minute Flóki Factor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Long Liang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Capibaribe Stars were awarded a corner in the 76th minute after ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Atalay Turkay took the corner. Capibaribe Stars's Thomás Toscano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dušan Vlahović in the 80th minute of play. In the 87th match minute, Capibaribe Stars was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lothar Matthäus to maneuver through the defense. Alex Eugen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 89th minute, Mehmet Çağrı Hadi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 91 minutes into the game, Capibaribe Stars's Flóki Factor nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Long Liang made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-2. A collision led to Capibaribe Stars getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Atalay Turkay hit a great ball. Thomás Toscano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lv Qiang Xiao in the 95th minute. After 95 played minutes Capibaribe Stars got a freekick which was hit by Lothar Matthäus. Capibaribe Stars were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ⚡FC Muntenia09⚡ for a fine match.