Brazil

6-1

England

De Silva 10, 90+1

 

Dobson 22

Do Amparo 16, 37

 

 

De Mello 23

 

 

Santos 90+3


World Amputee Championship
Rio de Janeiro
20 August 2005

In front of a large partisan local crowd swelled by the match being on a Saturday afternoon, England were unable to repeat their famous victory in the Group Stage.

With drums constant through the game and Brazilian flags abundant, the local expectancy was immense and they were not disappointed. The game started with a good deal of Brazilian pressure and the English defence needed to be at their best to deal with it.

Then on ten minutes, a corner was not cleared and from the ensuing play, De Silva headed home across goal to make it 1-0 to Brazil.

Six minutes later, it became 2-0 when Do Amparo's left wing cross shot flew past Carl Richardson and nestled in the far corner of the goal.

An English lifeline was created after 21 minutes, when a cross was headed back across goal and on to the crossbar by Lee Dobson. From the resulting scramble the ball was only cleared some 15 yards out and England gained a direct free-kick after a foul.

The Steve Johnson kick was deflected and Lee Wolfenden cleverly found Dobson unmarked just four yards out and he slid the ball home to make the score 2-1.

The jubilation of striking back was soon lost as De Mello straight from the restart received a pass deep in the English half and just 30 seconds later, Brazil's two goal margin was restored.

England needed to get back into the game quickly and a Dave Tweed shot low to the keeper's left on 34 minutes very nearly gave the score some much needed respectability.

Unfortunately, just three minutes later, Do Amparo scored his second and Brazil's fourth of the game following some poor marking after a long and deep ball from defence.

England tried hard to press for more goals to get back in to the game, but only succeeded in leaving Brazil with more space in their half in which to create further chances.

With stoppage time being played, Brazil added two more goals through Da Silva and Santos to leave the score at 6-1. The final whistle blew straight after much to the delight of the chanting crowd.