U23 World League

Estádio da Paz
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vilius Latvėnas started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Excelência de Luxe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Davi Rodrigues to maneuver through the defense. In the 4th minute of the match Paulius Margelis sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bernardo Fonseca skillfully saved the ball. Augustinas Baliutis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bernardo Fonseca having to interfere. A collision led to Aleksotas FK getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Paulius Margelis hit a great ball. In the 18th minute the ball was on its way in behind Excelência de Luxe's goalkeeper Bernardo Fonseca, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 21 played minutes Aleksotas FK got a freekick which was hit by Alfredas Zinkevičius. In the 21st minute, one of Aleksotas FK:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Aleksotas FK. Virginijus Taujanskas went to the wrong direction when Frédson Seco was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. Augustinas Baliutis struck a weak shot in the 26th minute. Bernardo Fonseca didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Aleksotas FK. In the 27th minute, Rafinha da Silveira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vilius Latvėnas in the 28th minute of play forced Excelência de Luxe's goalkeeper Bernardo Fonseca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rafinha da Silveira hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Virginijus Taujanskas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Frédson Seco went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 45th minute, Luan Oliveira reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Virginijus Taujanskas. The goal made the score 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

After having played for 53 minutes, Vilius Latvėnas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aleksotas FK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vilius Latvėnas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 59 minutes into the match, Augustinas Baliutis notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Excelência de Luxe's Bernardo Fonseca. Bernardo Fonseca was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vilius Latvėnas in the 69th minute of play forced Excelência de Luxe's goalkeeper Bernardo Fonseca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 73 minutes into the game, Aleksotas FK's Vilius Latvėnas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bernardo Fonseca made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. In the 76thth minute of the game Frédson Seco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Aleksotas FK's Virginijus Taujanskas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 79 played minutes Aleksotas FK got a freekick which was hit by Vilius Latvėnas. After 80 played minutes, Excelência de Luxe's Davi Rodrigues shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Virginijus Taujanskas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Excelência de Luxe reached it. With 82 minutes on the clock, Dieguinho Vinhas commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Virginijus Taujanskas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frédson Seco in the 85th minute of the match. Excelência de Luxe walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.