U21 World League

Arena Saruê
Spectators: 7671 (Terracing: 5754, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kaká Goiano kicked off to start the match. Zé Roberto Matos kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Nikola Kotkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 5 minutes, Paolo Di Canio made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. AF CERRADO's Sandrinho Sabóia tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Kaká Goiano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Sandrinho Sabóia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paolo Di Canio, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Бенковски Тетевен's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Toshko Glavinchev in the 10th minute. Sandrinho Sabóia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toshko Glavinchev in the 19th minute of the match. Toshko Glavinchev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. AF CERRADO's Sandrinho Sabóia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikola Kotkov in the 26th minute of play. When Zé Roberto Matos fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AF CERRADO's protests and gave Zé Roberto Matos a yellow card for diving instead. Zé Roberto Matos hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute, Nikola Kotkov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Бенковски Тетевен fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. 38 minutes into the match, AF CERRADO's goal looked a bit too open when Toshko Glavinchev came free, but Sandrinho Sabóia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With 42 minutes on the clock, Bone Vúlov commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 44 minutes into the match, Бенковски Тетевен's goal looked a bit too open when Artur Sergipano came free, but Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Paolo Di Canio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Paolo Di Canio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Sandrinho Sabóia came out and tried to block the shot, but Paolo Di Canio slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 52nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaká Goiano in the 55th minute of play forced Бенковски Тетевен's goalkeeper Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Бенковски Тетевен's goal looked a bit too open when Zé Roberto Matos came free, but Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 62 minutes AF CERRADO's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Toshko Glavinchev who took care of the corner kick. Pantaley Vretenarov was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 65th minute, Nikola Kotkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AF CERRADO's Richard Travassos couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 66th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Бенковски Тетевен. In the 67th minute Kaká Goiano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 68 minutes had been played when some careless play by Бенковски Тетевен's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Richard Travassos was slow to take the kick. During this time AF CERRADO's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Richard Travassos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Бенковски Тетевен's Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski did a great save. In the 73rd minute Zé Roberto Matos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomás Schmidt in the 82nd minute of play. Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaká Goiano, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Roberto Matos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 89 minutes into the match, Kaká Goiano notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of Бенковски Тетевен's Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski. Anatoli Kodzhabashiyski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Бенковски Тетевен walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.