U21 World League

Maracanã
Spectators: 7608 (Terracing: 5708, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vassilis Mavrofridis got the match started through his kick off. Lipochσrion FC's Timos Stavrinoudakis suffered a concussion in the 6th minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. After 6 minutes, Eurico Batista mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Flying Dutch and the Lipochσrion FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th minute, Eurico Batista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 11 minutes into the match, Flying Dutch's goal looked a bit too open when Vassilis Mavrofridis came free, but Arthur Amorim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Flying Dutch getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Tiago Correia hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when José Vítor Rosado got free with Dimitris Pirtsos in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the last second Dimitris Pirtsos throw himself and got hold of the ball when Victor de Salles in the 17thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After 19 minutes Lipochσrion FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eurico Batista who took care of the corner kick. Tiago Correia made a great header on Flying Dutch's corner, it was just that Lipochσrion FC's Dimitris Pirtsos managed to reach the ball for a save. Tiago Correia didn't have the luck on his side when he, from a short distance, got a opportunity for a shot on goal in the 19th minute. The shot missed the goal on the right side and Tiago Correia ran dejectedly back to his position. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 21st minute of the game. One of Lipochσrion FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Flying Dutch:s goal. Arthur Amorim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vassilis Mavrofridis, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After having played for 37 minutes, Jonathan Fonseca managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Flying Dutch's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jonathan Fonseca was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Flying Dutch's Tiago Correia in the 40th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Dimitris Pirtsos was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Lipochσrion FC through an amazing save. 41 minutes into the match, Victor de Salles had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dimitris Pirtsos. Lipochσrion FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Victor de Salles was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jonathan Fonseca made a kick off. In the 52nd minute Eurico Batista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimitris Pirtsos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 53rd match minute, Flying Dutch was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Fonseca to maneuver through the defense. Flying Dutch's Jonathan Fonseca got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Fonseca struck a weak shot in the 67th minute. Dimitris Pirtsos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Flying Dutch. Jonathan Fonseca sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some careless play in the Lipochσrion FC defense, Victor de Salles kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dimitris Pirtsos. The Lipochσrion FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dimitris Pirtsos should have stopped the shot. 78 minutes into the game, Jonathan Fonseca cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Dimitris Pirtsos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Lipochσrion FC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Paraskevas Chronis hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Victor de Salles in the 88th minute of play forced Lipochσrion FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Pirtsos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dimitris Pirtsos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Fonseca in the 90th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Christoforos Triantafyllou during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 91st minute, Christoforos Triantafyllou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Giorgos Aggelopoulos during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Giorgos Aggelopoulos hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match.