U18 World League

Maracanã
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Flamengo FSCMZ's Giovani Paranaense started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lucjan Pryla in the 10th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luís Fábio Silveira prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Radomir Poniewaz fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Gdansk36's protests and gave Radomir Poniewaz a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to FC Gdansk36 getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Radomir Poniewaz hit a great ball. 12 minutes into the match, Yuri Neiva dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Konstanty Okopny, 1-0. Gwidon Bronder sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Flamengo FSCMZ's Luís Fábio Silveira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stefan Nocny in the 19th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eusébio Andrade in the 21st minute of play forced FC Gdansk36's goalkeeper Konstanty Okopny to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Alfred Rudy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luís Fábio Silveira. Flamengo FSCMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alfred Rudy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 26th match minute, FC Gdansk36 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stefan Nocny to maneuver through the defense. 27 minutes into the match, FC Gdansk36's goalkeeper Konstanty Okopny had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nico Leão. Konstanty Okopny showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giovani Paranaense, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. FC Gdansk36's Konstanty Okopny proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save FC Gdansk36 from getting a goal against them. Luís Fábio Silveira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lucjan Pryla went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 36thth minute of the game Lucjan Pryla who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Flamengo FSCMZ's Luís Fábio Silveira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nico Leãos short, quick shot in the 38thth minute got Konstanty Okopny to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 40 minutes into the match, FC Gdansk36's goal looked a bit too open when Giovani Paranaense came free, but Konstanty Okopny reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Nico Leão ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Konstanty Okopny was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. If Yuri Neiva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

In the 51st match minute, FC Gdansk36 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radomir Poniewaz to maneuver through the defense. 55 minutes into the match, Eusébio Andrade notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of FC Gdansk36's Konstanty Okopny. Konstanty Okopny was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 61st minute, Lucjan Pryla reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luís Fábio Silveira. The goal made the score 3-3. In the 69th minute Giovani Paranaense shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstanty Okopny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 70 minutes of play, Flamengo FSCMZ's Nico Leão made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Konstanty Okopny was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Nico Leão in the 81st minute of play forced FC Gdansk36's goalkeeper Konstanty Okopny to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucjan Pryla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Luís Fábio Silveira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 87th minute, Yuri Neiva ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Konstanty Okopny was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-3. Eugeniusz Fiszer hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Flamengo FSCMZ had played much better football throughout.