U18 World League

Lemel Sportpark
Spectators: 7671 (Terracing: 5754, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) In the 2nd match minute, Lemel SV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leon Reiling to maneuver through the defense. Olivier Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ezequiel Saldanha in the 6th minute of play. Olivier Kahn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vito Custódio, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Olivier Kahn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elói Baptista in the 13th minute of play. In the 14th minute Luís Guilherme de Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olivier Kahn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pieter den Hartog hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. A collision led to Lemel SV getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Dries Teunisse hit a great ball. Gabriele Batistuta kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Elói Baptista put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Olivier Kahn. With 28 minutes on the clock, Serge de Boer commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 28 played minutes Lemel SV got a freekick which was hit by Serge de Boer. After a defensive mix-up in Lemel SV's zone, Ernesto Peres stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Olivier Kahn came out of the goal and Ernesto Peres tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vito Custódio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olivier Kahn having to interfere. Lemel SV's Olivier Kahn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elói Baptista in the 38th minute of play. Olivier Kahn didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elói Baptista went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 47 minutes into the match, Lemel SV's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Peres came free, but Olivier Kahn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Elói Baptista was the one to do the kick off. Olivier Kahn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Guilherme de Mendonça, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elói Baptista received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Olivier Kahn came out and tried to block the shot, but Elói Baptista slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 56th minute. Vito Custódio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Olivier Kahn came out and tried to block the shot, but Vito Custódio slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 59th minute. Olivier Kahn was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Vito Custódio showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 65 minute of play. Vito Custódio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Olivier Kahn came out and tried to block the shot, but Vito Custódio slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 68th minute. In the 70th match minute, Nova Venécia-ES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ezequiel Saldanha to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Nova Venécia-ES's Ezequiel Saldanha got a free kick in the 72nd minute. In the 73rd minute of the match Leon Reiling shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Clemente Cardozo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After 73 played minutes Leon Reiling shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Nova Venécia-ES's Clemente Cardozo to catch but Leon Reiling was lucky. It became 1-6 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Ezequiel Saldanha hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute of the match Hans Degeling shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Clemente Cardozo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elói Baptista in the 87th minute of play forced Lemel SV's goalkeeper Olivier Kahn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Lemel SV fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Nova Venécia-ES were clearly better and deserved to take the win.