U21 World League

Estádio Prazeres
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Kraig McAlphie started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, José Furtado took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Uwe Nwachukwu to make any attempt to save it. In the 8th minute, Milton Friedman reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Uwe Nwachukwu. The goal made the score 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristof Van Dessen in the 17th minute of play forced Fabiofs's goalkeeper Jonas Pombal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute, Kraig McAlphie hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edílson de Souza in the 27th minute of play forced FC Draconia's goalkeeper Uwe Nwachukwu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute Kraig McAlphie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonas Pombal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Fabiofs's José Furtado ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Uwe Nwachukwu. Uwe Nwachukwu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. After 37 minutes of play, Fabiofs's Elano de Salles made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Uwe Nwachukwu was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristof Van Dessen in the 41st minute of play forced Fabiofs's goalkeeper Jonas Pombal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

In the 51st match minute, Fabiofs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elano de Salles to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Fabiofs's Jonas Pombal got control of the ball when Freddy Olemans tried to sneak it across the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, FC Draconia's goal looked a bit too open when Edílson de Souza came free, but Uwe Nwachukwu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute, Edílson de Souza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fabiofs fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. 61 minutes into the match, Jerry Moerman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonas Pombal. Fabiofs's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jerry Moerman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. Tibo De Witte charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tibo De Witte the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC Draconia getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Tibo De Witte hit a great ball. Uwe Nwachukwu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elano de Salles, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th match minute, FC Draconia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Freddy Olemans to maneuver through the defense. After 87 minutes, Kraig McAlphie mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Draconia and the Fabiofs players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kraig McAlphie hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Uwe Nwachukwu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milton Friedman in the 91st minute of the match. Fabiofs were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of FC Draconia for a fine match.