World League

Dream team
Spectators: 7604 (Terracing: 5704, Seating: 1749, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stanislav Búlgarov started the match with the kick off. Argir Stariradevs short, quick shot in the 3rdth minute got Rogério Ceni to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Stanislav Búlgarov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 14 minutes into the game, José Paulo Mello cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Slavey Dochevski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rogério Ceni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Argir Stariradev in the 17th minute of play. In the 21st minute Omurtag Púrvulov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Ceni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Blue avalanche's Rogério Ceni threw himself towards the right post 23 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Omurtag Púrvulov, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislav Búlgarov in the 27th minute of play forced Cercadinho's goalkeeper Rogério Ceni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Paulo Mello in the 32nd minute of play. Stanislav Búlgarov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Rogério Ceni made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Cercadinho's Anana Pechon got a free kick in the 37th minute. In the 39th minute, Seymour Coffman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Blue avalanche defense, José Paulo Mello kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Slavey Dochevski. The Blue avalanche fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Slavey Dochevski should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Blue avalanche booed when Cercadinho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Claudinei Pirani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. José Paulo Mello was the one to do the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling José Paulo Mello in the 52nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Slavey Dochevski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislav Búlgarov in the 58th minute of play forced Cercadinho's goalkeeper Rogério Ceni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rogério Ceni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanislav Búlgarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Rogério Ceni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Argir Stariradev in the 62nd minute of play. Cercadinho's Rogério Ceni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Argir Stariradev in the 69th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Slavey Dochevski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roger Vianna. In the 73rd minute Delyan Partinov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rogério Ceni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rogério Ceni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Argir Stariradev in the 75th minute of play. Blue avalanche made a substitution. Jonny Gaeta replaced Ronaldinho Gaúcho. Cercadinho's Valiente Venezian was substituted for José Paulo Mello. Gigel Ştiubei made in the 80th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Argir Stariradev. Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valiente Venezian in the 83rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Delyan Partinov in the 85th minute of play forced Cercadinho's goalkeeper Rogério Ceni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blue avalanche's attack was well implemented in the 87th minute, but when Stanislav Búlgarov was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Stanislav Búlgarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rogério Ceni having to interfere. After 91 played minutes Cercadinho got a freekick which was hit by Enrique Gerber. In the 92ndth minute of the game Omurtag Púrvulov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cercadinho's Rogério Ceni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislav Búlgarov in the 93rd minute of play forced Cercadinho's goalkeeper Rogério Ceni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rogério Ceni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanislav Búlgarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. The Blue avalanche manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Cercadinho to win.