U23 World League

Estádio Joatuba
Spectators: 7826 (Terracing: 5871, Seating: 1799, VIP seats: 156) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vágner de Queiroz kicked off to start the match. Olav Pepeldzhiyski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vágner de Queiroz in the 3rd minute of play. Warren FC - DMZ's Gildo Silva quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Åke Gentenaar, made in the 5th minute of the game. Giorgian Arrascaeta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Giorgian Arrascaeta succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 10th playminute. After having played for 12 minutes, Giorgian Arrascaeta managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Warren FC - DMZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Giorgian Arrascaeta was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bernardo Moreira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriele Koffidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. 17 minutes into the match, Warren FC - DMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Karel-Jan Beaufort came free, but Bernardo Moreira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute of the game Åke Gentenaar made a throw-in which Fred Smidts played forward. Vágner de Queiroz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Giorgian Arrascaeta might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Olav Pepeldzhiyski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Giorgian Arrascaeta ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Giorgian Arrascaeta got free with Olav Pepeldzhiyski in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bernardo Moreira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Smidts in the 32nd minute of play. Bernardo Moreira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriele Koffidis in the 36th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Giorgian Arrascaeta got free with Olav Pepeldzhiyski in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Giorgian Arrascaeta came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Warren FC - DMZ fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Giorgian Arrascaeta couldn't finish the play. In the 48th minute Gabriele Koffidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernardo Moreira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Bernardo Moreira made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Gabriele Koffidis sent off a good shot on target. In the 52nd minute, Giorgian Arrascaeta left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Warren FC - DMZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. In the 56th minute of the match Warren FC - DMZ got a corner. Het Koffiehuis's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 林真渊 ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that 林真渊 got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Olav Pepeldzhiyski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Het Koffiehuis getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Beau Bonnafoux hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vágner de Queiroz in the 64th minute of play forced Het Koffiehuis's goalkeeper Olav Pepeldzhiyski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Olav Pepeldzhiyski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giorgian Arrascaeta in the 66th minute of the match. When Warren FC - DMZ's Giorgian Arrascaeta in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Het Koffiehuis's goalie prevented a goal. With an all-out effort, Het Koffiehuis's Bernardo Moreira threw himself towards the right post 78 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Karel-Jan Beaufort, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Bernardo Moreira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Beau Bonnafoux in the 80th minute. Giorgian Arrascaeta recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Betão da Silveira during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Warren FC - DMZ getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Betão da Silveira hit a great ball. When Gabriele Koffidis came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Het Koffiehuis fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Gabriele Koffidis couldn't finish the play. After 91 minutes of play, Warren FC - DMZ's Giorgian Arrascaeta made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Olav Pepeldzhiyski was left in no man's land by his defense there!