World League

Estádio Bipolar
Spectators: 7217 (Terracing: 5461, Seating: 1696, VIP seats: 60) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when José Maria Mattos got the match started through his kick off. Marco van Basten fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cafu Martins having to interfere. 4 minutes into the game, Jovens Democratas MZC's Lúcio Cruz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cafu Martins made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Cafu Martins didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Xu Li Sang went, in the 7th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Manoel Neuer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Adolfo dos Santos in the 10th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Dobromir Zagrodny put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Cafu Martins. In the 14th minute, Armandinho Arce hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Manissivo defense, Xu Li Sang kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cafu Martins. The Manissivo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cafu Martins should have stopped the shot. Cafu Martins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Durval de Queirós in the 18th minute of the match. A collision led to Manissivo getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Cacá Mangueira hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dobromir Zagrodny in the 24th minute of play forced Manissivo's goalkeeper Cafu Martins to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th match minute, Jovens Democratas MZC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by David Puyol to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Xu Li Sang in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cafu Martins saved Manissivo from getting behind. Cafu Martins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xu Li Sang, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. The audience was convinced that Xu Li Sang's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cafu Martins was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Xu Li Sang in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cafu Martins prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Cafu Martins made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xu Li Sang in the 34th minute of play. Cafu Martins made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Xu Li Sang in the 36th minute of play. Cafu Martins made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dobromir Zagrodny in the 37th minute of play. Manissivo's Cafu Martins played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xu Li Sang in the 39th minute of play. After some careless play in the Manissivo defense, Xu Li Sang kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cafu Martins. The Manissivo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cafu Martins should have stopped the shot. In the 42nd minute, Dobromir Zagrodny left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Jovens Democratas MZC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. Cafu Martins made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dobromir Zagrodny in the 45th minute of play. After the first half Jovens Democratas MZC were leading 0-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xu Li Sang to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Xu Li Sang took a quick shot and it went in 0-8 without a chance for Cafu Martins to make any attempt to save it. When the match had gone on for 56 minutes, Xu Li Sang put it in 0-9 from a short distance just to the right of Cafu Martins. Jovens Democratas MZC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dobromir Zagrodny in the 64th minute. David Puyol kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Jovens Democratas MZC's David Puyol got a free kick in the 71st minute. Cafu Martins didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Jovens Democratas MZC's Serginho Sabóia shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-11 in the ordered_time% minute. Giuseppe Negri fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cafu Martins having to interfere. In the 83rd minute Dobromir Zagrodny shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cafu Martins saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Manissivo's goalkeeper Cafu Martins had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Serginho Sabóia. Manissivo were furious when Armandinho Arce was red carded, 90 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 90 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Manissivo! In the 92nd minute, Xu Li Sang ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cafu Martins was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-12. Through an outstanding action, after 95 minutes, Cafu Martins successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Carlinhos Tróia took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cafu Martins. Cafu Martins dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-13. Jovens Democratas MZC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.