U21 World League

Stadion Jui Kuen
Spectators: 7656 (Terracing: 5710, Seating: 1796, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alexandre Luz got the match started through his kick off. Luizinho Santos hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Hélio Fernandez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 10th minute, Yao Xiang Zheng hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 14th minute Emil Dunajski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ademar Campidelis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ademar Campidelis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ye Hong went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After 24 minutes, Emil Dunajski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Abandon All Hope and the Romando Futebol Clube players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 25 played minutes Abandon All Hope got a freekick which was hit by Emil Dunajski. Ademar Campidelis came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by Abandon All Hope's Ye Hong. But to his dismay, Ye Hong quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Meng Yan Jing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugênio Paranaense in the 35th minute of the match. Ye Hong could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Ademar Campidelis made a huge save.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emil Dunajski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Abandon All Hope's Meng Yan Jing proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Abandon All Hope from getting a goal against them. When Luizinho Santos fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Romando Futebol Clube's protests and gave Luizinho Santos a yellow card for diving instead. Ademar Campidelis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilbert Gorzkiewicz in the 54th minute of the match. Eugênio Paranaense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Abandon All Hope's Emil Dunajski got his second yellow card of the match in the 58th minute. The referee ordered Emil Dunajski off the ground. After 59 played minutes Abandon All Hope got a freekick which was hit by Emil Dunajski. In the 69th minute, Gilbert Gorzkiewicz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Abandon All Hope fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. After a defensive mix-up in Abandon All Hope's zone, Luizinho Santos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Meng Yan Jing came out of the goal and Luizinho Santos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 75 minutes into the match, Bem Fraco dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Meng Yan Jing, 4-1. A hard shot 79 in the game by Eugênio Paranaense from a close distance when the talented Meng Yan Jing managed to make a qualified save. Abandon All Hope's players were relieved. Meng Yan Jing was out of position in the 80 minute of play, and Eugênio Paranaense capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Eugênio Paranaense really showed his touch with that goal: 4-2. If Luizinho Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eugênio Paranaense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Abandon All Hope's Iwo Czeszyk got a free kick in the 93rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Abandon All Hope had won after a very even match.