U21 World League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 7620 (Terracing: 5716, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) Stefan Hodyl started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Afonsinho Sampaio made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Stefan Hodyl sent off a good shot on target. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stefan Hodyl in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Afonsinho Sampaio saved Zuera Never End MZC from getting behind. Andreas Möller took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Aguiar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 28 minutes into the game, Anselmo Aguiar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Andreas Möller was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 31 minutes of play, Arsenal FC's Karl Göransson made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Afonsinho Sampaio was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 36th minute, Jeferson Vasconcelos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Andreas Möller was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. When Stefan Hodyl in the 40th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Afonsinho Sampaio kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 3-2 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. Afonsinho Sampaio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matthias Löfgren in the 46th minute of the match. In the 47th match minute, Zuera Never End MZC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dudu Jacinto to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jeferson Vasconcelos to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dudu Jacinto in the 51st minute of play forced Arsenal FC's goalkeeper Andreas Möller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anselmo Aguiar in the 56th minute of play forced Arsenal FC's goalkeeper Andreas Möller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by Arsenal FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Joel Pimenta was slow to take the kick. During this time Zuera Never End MZC's players had a chance to rest. Afonsinho Sampaio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stefan Hodyl's shot from short distance in the 59th minute. In the 61st match minute, Zuera Never End MZC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Pimenta to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Arsenal FC's Stefan Hodyl tried to score from far away in the 61st minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Zuera Never End MZC's Afonsinho Sampaio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stefan Hodyl in the 63rd minute of play. A well-hit corner resulted in Einar Hedström heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Karl Göransson recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zuera Never End MZC's Afonsinho Sampaio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthias Löfgren in the 69th minute of play. A collision led to Arsenal FC getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Patrik Melberg hit a great ball. In the 72nd minute of the match Edinho Dracena sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Andreas Möller skillfully saved the ball. In the 74th minute Matthias Löfgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Afonsinho Sampaio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute of the match Arsenal FC got a corner. Zuera Never End MZC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Stefan Hodyl ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Arsenal FC's Einar Hedström to fire away a dangerous shot which Afonsinho Sampaio despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Afonsinho Sampaio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl Göransson in the 75th minute of play. In the 76th minute, Matthias Löfgren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Afonsinho Sampaio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matthias Löfgren in the 78th minute of the match. In the 79th minute Arsenal FC were awarded a corner. Stefan Hodyl went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 80th minute, Jeferson Vasconcelos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stefan Hodyl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afonsinho Sampaio having to interfere. Andreas Möller made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joel Pimenta in the 87th minute. Andreas Möller was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Jeferson Vasconcelos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jeferson Vasconcelos really showed his touch with that goal: 3-3. Andreas Möller showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeferson Vasconcelos in the 91st minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Zuera Never End MZC's Jeferson Vasconcelos dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-4. When the final whistle went the supporters of Zuera Never End MZC were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant Arsenal FC side.