U21 World League

Paradise
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Laércio Alvarenga started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Arlindo Meireles stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dalton Kincaid's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Fritz Ernst Ballas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Carlos Fernando Rocha went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Xurupita FC's goalkeeper Arlindo Meireles, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A nice corner shot did that Josef Hoff got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Arlindo Meireles quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 15 minutes of play, Buffalo Bills's Josh Allen made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arlindo Meireles was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gerd Oelbeck received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Arlindo Meireles came out and tried to block the shot, but Gerd Oelbeck slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 24th minute. Arlindo Meireles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Josh Allen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Xurupita FC's goalkeeper Arlindo Meireles, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Fritz Ernst Ballas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carlos Fernando Rocha in the 33rd minute of the match. 36 minutes into the match, Xurupita FC's goal looked a bit too open when Dalton Kincaid came free, but Arlindo Meireles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xurupita FC's Arlindo Meireles proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Xurupita FC from getting a goal against them. Arlindo Meireles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dalton Kincaid, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The long shot by Gerd Oelbeck in the 48th minute really tested Arlindo Meireles's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dalton Kincaid stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Dalton Kincaid sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 57 minutes, the score became 4-1 when Ole Meul sped through Xurupita FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Arlindo Meireles. In the 63rd minute, Gerd Oelbeck hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Josh Allen scored 5-1 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arlindo Meireles, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Arlindo Meireles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josh Allen, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. If Dalton Kincaid had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dalton Kincaid in the 81st minute of play forced Xurupita FC's goalkeeper Arlindo Meireles to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 85 minutes, Josh Allen mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Buffalo Bills and the Xurupita FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Josh Allen kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carlos Fernando Rocha got free with Fritz Ernst Ballas in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 89th minute, Josh Allen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arlindo Meireles was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Carlos Fernando Rocha kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fritz Ernst Ballas. That made the score 6-2 in the 94 minute of play. Buffalo Bills's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.