U21 World League

Parque Ariel
Spectators: 7733 (Terracing: 5801, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Bob Westelinx started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wawrzyniec Iwanowski in the 3rd minute of play forced Club Dep. Soc. Rodo's goalkeeper Christovao Haces to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santana Antequera could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Jorge Caetano made a huge save. Ron Pina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 14th minute of play forced Club Dep. Soc. Rodo's goalkeeper Christovao Haces to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santana Antequera fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorge Caetano having to interfere. In the 18th match minute, Zero Gravity was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stanny Smekens to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Zero Gravity's Jorge Caetano got control of the ball when Laffitte Camino tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ron Pina was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 20th minute. Club Dep. Soc. Rodo's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. A hard shot 22 in the game by Santana Antequera from a close distance when the talented Jorge Caetano managed to make a qualified save. Zero Gravity's players were relieved. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eloi Fontanes during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bob Westelinx in the 25th minute of play forced Club Dep. Soc. Rodo's goalkeeper Christovao Haces to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Club Dep. Soc. Rodo defense, Bob Westelinx kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christovao Haces. The Club Dep. Soc. Rodo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christovao Haces should have stopped the shot. Ron Pina kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Christovao Haces came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Zero Gravity's Mikolaj Ratulowski. But to his dismay, Mikolaj Ratulowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. After the first half Zero Gravity were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The audience was convinced that Bob Westelinx's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christovao Haces was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Santana Antequera in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jorge Caetano prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Christovao Haces showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bob Westelinx in the 61st minute of the match. In the 66th minute Wawrzyniec Iwanowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christovao Haces saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Club Dep. Soc. Rodo's Christovao Haces played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bob Westelinx in the 68th minute of play. Christovao Haces made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 70th minute. In the 72nd minute, Santana Antequera left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club Dep. Soc. Rodo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. If Ron Pina had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 82nd minute Gabrijel Sandalj shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christovao Haces saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gabrijel Sandalj scored 1-4 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Christovao Haces, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the Club Dep. Soc. Rodo defense, Bob Westelinx kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christovao Haces. The Club Dep. Soc. Rodo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christovao Haces should have stopped the shot. 92 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Santana Antequera came free, but Jorge Caetano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Club Dep. Soc. Rodo fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Zero Gravity were clearly better and deserved to take the win.