U23 World League

Gora Park
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Junior Shevchenko started the match with the kick off. Baba Baadgaards received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Armandinho Araújo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Warriors of Gora™'s Mihajlo Radosavljev was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Armandinho Araújo in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Vučko Jovović made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vinícius Servaes in the 14th minute of play. Diamante Negro DK - VV's Armandinho Araújo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Big Ben in the 15th minute of play. In the 17th minute, Oséias Fonseca made a precise shot to the right of Vučko Jovović. Warriors of Gora™'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 22 minutes, Mihajlo Radosavljev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Warriors of Gora™ and the Diamante Negro DK - VV players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mihajlo Radosavljev hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. In the last second Armandinho Araújo throw himself and got hold of the ball when Junior Shevchenko in the 27thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Basilio Dorado hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Warriors of Gora™'s Big Ben got a free kick in the 37th minute. Armandinho Araújo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Haşim Berin in the 41st minute of the match. In the 42nd minute of the match Warriors of Gora™ got a corner. Diamante Negro DK - VV's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mihajlo Radosavljev ran over to the corner to take the kick. Armandinho Araújo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Junior Shevchenko's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. After the first half Diamante Negro DK - VV were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bommareddy D'AoustDaoust made a kick off. Bommareddy D'AoustDaoust succeeded in the game's 55th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. In the 60th minute, Junior Shevchenko ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Armandinho Araújo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Armandinho Araújo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Big Ben, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Diamante Negro DK - VV defense, Junior Shevchenko kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Armandinho Araújo. The Diamante Negro DK - VV fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Armandinho Araújo should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vinícius Servaes got free with Vučko Jovović in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 69th minute, Kaká de Andrade hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute Junior Shevchenko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armandinho Araújo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Armandinho Araújo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baba Baadgaards in the 77th minute of play. Armandinho Araújo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Junior Shevchenko, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. The audience was convinced that Junior Shevchenko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armandinho Araújo was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Armandinho Araújo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Junior Shevchenko in the 82nd minute of play. Vučko Jovović showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bommareddy D'AoustDaoust in the 85th minute of the match. Warriors of Gora™'s Junior Shevchenko got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Armandinho Araújo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baba Baadgaards, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Armandinho Araújo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Junior Shevchenko in the 91st minute of the match. When Warriors of Gora™'s Junior Shevchenko, in the 91st minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Warriors of Gora™. A collision led to Diamante Negro DK - VV getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Giuseppe Lara hit a great ball. Mihajlo Radosavljev took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 94th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Armandinho Araújo. Diamante Negro DK - VV's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Warriors of Gora™ had won after a very even match.