World Cup Soccer Association Pre-Season Friendlies

[Suvorov]

October 1995 Pre-Season Friendlies​

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Egypt v. Brazil

Netherlands v. Vietnam​

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WORLD CUP SOCCER ASSOCIATION The World Cup Soccer Association organizes and manages the world's first international soccer league as well as the Tournament of Nations. Team League Registration Fee: $50,000,000 Current Guaranteed Winner's Pot: $100,000,000 (Will grow depending on number of registered teams) Friendlies Team Prizes: $5,000,000 for winning fully registered team, $1,000,000 for participating fully registered teams. REGISTRATION FOR THE 1995 REGULAR SEASON STILL OPEN To register your team, or otherwise seek business opportunities with the ISA, please visit our site. For teams that have registered, we kindly remind you to please place your league registration fees. These fees will help support paying for the ultimate winner's prize, league staff, as well as planned future league infrastructure.

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Rules

1. Games have three stages to them, pre-game, halftime, and post game. Teams may submit reports at each stage.

2. Games are scored in two stages, halftime score, then final score.

3. Teams may create reports that detail their own performance but should not control the opposing team. Limited reference to opposing side action is acceptable.

4. Teams may not card or injure other players without consent of their opponents.

5. Players may be tired and/or injured as part of the game. Injuries will be given during the reports. Teams are advised to have backups and to rotate out tired players.

6. Players will have 24 hours to respond to the pre-game and halftime stages before their team's actions are automated and they lose out on potential report-based bonuses. Having your team's actions automated does not guaranteed a loss.

7. The ISA reserves the right to remove any team that does not comply with ISA's or WCSA rules.

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Registered Teams

Registered Teams​	Team Details​
Vietnam National Football Team ​ Registration Not Yet Complete: Registration Fee	Team Name: Vietnam National Football Team Team Nickname: Golden Dragons Country of Origin: Vietnam Home Stadium: My Dinh National Stadium Team Style (-5 - 5; -5 Totally Defensive, 5 Totally Offensive): 2 Team Colors: ▀ ▀ Coach: Park Hang-Seo Captain: Que Ngoc Hai Roster: Team Roster Lục Thiên Phú (#1, GK) Nguyễn Hữu Khang (#18, GK) Mã Thanh Quang (#23, GK) Phan Huy Kha (#2, DF) Bạch Khắc Ninh (#3, DF) Phan Hồ Nam (#4, DF) Hoàng Minh Ân (#5, DF) Chung Quang Dũng (#12, DF) Tô Khắc Việt (#17, DF) Nguyễn Thụy Du (#21, DF) Huỳnh Trí Hào (#6, MF) Sái Uy Vũ (#7, MF) Bành Minh Hưng (#8, MF) Phan Hùng Ngọc (#14, MF) Nguyễn Công Thành (#15, MF) Trần Công Tráng (#16, MF) Ân Bình Quân (#19, MF) Dương Thế Tường (#20, MF) Võ Minh Lý (#9, FW) Lưu Lâm Viên (#10, FW) Phan Ðình Dương (#11, FW) Bùi Minh Nhật (#9, FW) Đoàn Mạnh Tường (#13, FW) Úc Huy Thông (#22, FW)
Egyptian National Football Team ​ Registration Not Yet Complete: Registration Fee	Team Name: Egyptian National Football Team Team Nickname: The Pharaos Country of Origin: Egypt Home Stadium: XXXX Team Style (-5 - 5; -5 Totally Defensive, 5 Totally Offensive): -5 Team Colors: ▀ ▀ Coach: Mahmoud El-Gohary Captain: Abdel Sabry Roster: Roster Goalkeeper 12 Essam El Hadary 1 Nader El Sayed 22 Ahmed Saber Defender 6 Medhat Abdel Hady 2 Abdel-Zaher El Saqqa 15 Amr Fahim 5 Samir Kamouna 3 Mohamed Omara 4 Hany Ramzy Midfielder 14 Hazem Emam 17 Ahmed Hassan 12 Hady Khashaba 20 Tarek Mostafa 21 Osama Nabih 11 Yasser Rayyan 10 Abdel Sabry 19 Sami Sheshini 8 Radwan Yasser 7 Mohamed Youssef Forward 18 Mohamed Abdelnasser 9 Hossam Hassan 13 Walid Salah El-Di
Brazilian National Football Team ​ Registration Not Yet Complete: Registration Fee	Team Name: Brazilian National Football Team Team Nickname: The Canarinhos Country of Origin: Brazil Home Stadium: Maracanã Team Style (-5 - 5; -5 Totally Defensive, 5 Totally Offensive): 3 Team Colors: ▀ ▀ Coach: Mário Jorge Lobo Zagallo Captain: Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri Roster: Roster Goalkeeper 1 Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel 12 Armelino Donizetti Quagliato 22 Gilmar Luís Rinaldi Defender 2 Jorge de Amorim Campos 3 Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha 4 Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus 6 Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal 13 Aldair Nascimento dos Santos 14 Marcos Evangelista de Morais 15 Márcio Roberto dos Santos Midfielder 5 Mauro da Silva Gomes 8 Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri (C) 9 Crizam César de Oliveira Filho 10 Raí Souza Vieira de Oliveira 16 Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo 17 Iomar do Nascimento Forward 7 José Roberto Gama de Oliveira 11 Romário de Souza Faria 18 Paulo Sérgio Silvestre do Nascimento 19 Luís Antônio Corrêa da Costa 20 Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima 21Paulo Sérgio Rosa
Netherlands National Football Team ​ Registration Not Yet Complete: Registration Fee	Team Name: Netherlands National Football Team Team Nickname: The Dutch Eleven Country of Origin: Netherlands Home Stadium: Amsterdam Arena & De Kuip Team Style (-5 - 5; -5 Totally Defensive, 5 Totally Offensive): 2 Team Colors: ▀ ▀ Coach: Guus Hiddink Captain: Edwin van der Sar Roster: Roster Goalkeeper 1 Edwin van der Sar 21 Ruud Hesp 16 Ed de Goey Defender 3 Danny Blind 15 Winston Bogarde 18 Johan de Kock 13 Arthur Numan 2 Michael Reiziger 5 Jaap Stam 22 John Veldman Midfielder 20 Phillip Cocu 17 Jordi Cruyff 8 Edgar Davids 6 Ronald de Boer 11 Peter Hoekstra 4 Clarence Seedorf 12 Aron Winter 14 Richard Witschge Forward 10 Dennis Bergkamp 9 Patrick Kluivert 19 Youri Mulder 7 Gaston Taument

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October 1995 Pre-Season Friendlies

Egypt v. Brazil

Nagai Stadium​

Greetings fans and welcome to the first ever match of the World Cup Soccer Association! Two of the greatest teams in the world have signed up to play in this friendly match before the season begins. Such titans of football clashing against each other! It will truly be a sight to behold! Fans have packed the stadium here tonight in anticipation of this momentous match. Millions are tuning in from their televisions from across the world. Who will have the honor of being the first international football team to win on this, the highest of stages. Teams now have 24 hours to submit their pre-game reports@Naio90 @JakeDorent

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[Naio90]

The egyptian national team was in the midst of a transition. Historically, african and arab nations where very relegate in terms of competitiveness in world football, and more often than not, their participations in major worldwide events, such as the World Cup resulted in embarrassing scores and very poor performances. But this was now beginning to change. With globalization and an easier access for the common people to TV's and to the match of leading competitions such as the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga, more and more egyptians became vivid football fans, and began practicing this sport more seriously. Large groups of children and teens began playing in clubs and eventually.

Fast forward a few years and the young egyptian squad was eager to prove their progress in the field, and nothing better for this than a test match against one of the world leading powers in football: Brazil.

They arrived early in the morning in Japan and were directly moved to the hotel, were they rested until the late afternoon. After that they set off to a nearby training field to perform some first acclimation drills and light exercises to activate the body for the upcoming match. Everything in terms of formation and tactics was already clear and had been extensively practiced back in Cairo the week prior to the flight.

Obviously, clearly outperformed and outclassed by the big brazilian stars, they had a very defensive strategy, and where betting on a quick counterattack, but they would also be happy with a tie...

@Suvorov

 

[JakeDorent]

The Brazilian National Team was considered one of the most well respected national teams out there, Being one of the only ones to have participated in all of the editions of the World Cup, coming out as the champion last year after winning against the Italian National Team during the penalties of the 1994 World Cup Finals.

Now, one year later, the Brazilians arrived in Japan for the friendlies match against Egypt, the team was optimistic that they could deliver a great result, the team had prepared and practised the tactics and formation back at home in Rio, the strategy of the Brazilians was for a strong defence, a focus on ball possession, accurate passes, crossings and of attacking at the correct moment.

After resting in the Hotel, the "Canarinhos" moved to a training field to review their strategy one final time and train the players for the upcoming match.

Back at home, many Brazilians were tuning in on their Radios and Televisions to watch the coming match between the two Nations.

@Suvorov

 

[Suvorov]

October 1995 Pre-Season Friendlies

Egypt v. Brazil

Nagai Stadium

Halftime Score: 0-0​

What an exciting first match! The Brazilian offensive onslaught has been halted by the Pharaos withering defense! Let's see what the second half has in store! Teams now have 24 hours to submit their Halftime reports@Naio90 @JakeDorent

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[Suvorov]

October 1995 Pre-Season Friendlies

Netherlands v. Vietnam

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium​

While we wait for halftime to end in our our first matchup between Egypt and Brazil, we would like to turn our attention to the second game in this bout of friendlies. The Netherlands national team against the Vietnamese Golden Dragons. Will the Dutch Eleven be enough to slay the dragons? Let's find out! Teams now have 24 hours to submit their pre-game reports @Dutchy @Joe

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[JakeDorent]

Although not a completely disastrous first half, the team could improve, the Egyptians were showing to be a very good opponent, however, there was still time, the coach, Zagallo, spoke some words of encouragement for the team.

"We've faced stronger opponents in the last year boys, Come on, let's give it everything we have, the people are rooting for the "Canarinhos", and we'll give them what they want!"

The team's strategy would remain similar to the first half, Strong Defenses, with a bigger focus in Attacking in the correct moments and with precision through the Egyptian Defenses whenever possible.

 

[Dutchy]

The Dutch Eleven, having previously arrived in Japan to ensure they were well rested and accustomed to their new surroundings, would be busy preparing for the match ahead. In the changing room the manager would implement a tactic which the team had utilised many times before. It called for a solid defence from which to build on, while focusing attacks to the flanks by using the speed of the players to get the ball forward before crossing it into the center where tall Dutch strikers could deliver the finishing blow.

 

[Suvorov]

October 1995 Pre-Season Friendlies

Egypt v. Brazil

Nagai Stadium

Final Score: 0-1​

GOOOOOAAAALLLL! What a finish! Brazil is crowned the first winner of a ISA World Cup Soccer Association match! Congratulations to all teams involved. Teams now have 24 hours to submit their Halftime reports@Naio90 @JakeDorent

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[JakeDorent]

Having spent the second half trying to push through the Egyptian defences, they did so with a push through by José Roberto Gama de Oliveira, the number 7 then passed the ball to Romário de Souza Faria, allowing the number 11 to score Brazil's goal against the "Pharaos", the two players celebrated the goal together, for the rest of the second half the team defended itself against the Egyptian attack, with the Match ending, the Brazilians waved to the public and shook hands with the Egyptians.

Back at home, the Brazilian population cheered along with the victory of the "Canarinhos", while not the result they expected, a Victory is a Victory nonetheless, there was always room for improvement, but today, the Victory was to Brazil.

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[Naio90]

The egyptian players, after having performed a very convincing and solid first time, began to feel the stress and attrition of keeping up with one of the worlds top nations. Despite the efforts of the manager, who performed the 3 substitutions before the 65th min to try keep up the fitness, it was too much for the ambitious but experienced Egyptian players.

A failed clearance by the egyptian defense conceded the ball to the skillful brazilian forwards, which quickly overran the last line of defense of the caught-unprepared "pharaohs" and with an clear assist of the number 7, brazilian star Romario managed to beat the egyptian keeper.

After that, there was not really time to react, and the referee ended the match with a 0-1 defeat for the africans.

After exchanging jerseys, back in the changing room, the Manager encouraged his players about the overall positive performance they ha rounded up, managing to hold against the reigning World Champion for almost an entire match and only loosing by 1 goal.

There was certainly light in the future for the egyptian national football team.

 

[Suvorov]

October 1995 Pre-Season Friendlies

Netherlands v. Vietnam

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

0-0 Halftime Score
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Another defensive battle here at World Cup Soccer. The Dutch Eleven are like noble knights trying to slay these fearsome Golden Dragons. Each team's defense is proving too strong. Who will succeed in the end? We will see what halftime adjustments the teams make. Teams now have 24 hours to submit their Halftime reports @Dutchy @Joe

 

[Suvorov]

October 1995 Pre-Season Friendlies

Netherlands v. Vietnam

Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

0-1 Final Score
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Incredible match. The Golden Dragons managed to squeeze out a victory at the very end! The Dutch Eleven fought valiantly but the Golden Dragons prevailed in the end. What a performance! Teams now have 24 hours to submit their Final reports @Dutchy @Joe