U23 World League

São Januário.
Spectators: 8469 (Terracing: 6353, Seating: 1947, VIP seats: 169) An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Armando Maradona in the 4th minute of play forced Primatas FC's goalkeeper Michel Čech to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Diego Armando Maradona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Mai Bin Kuan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Peter-Stefan Schmeichel was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. In the last second Peter-Stefan Schmeichel throw himself and got hold of the ball when Mai Bin Kuan in the 7thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Diego Armando Maradona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michel Čech having to interfere. Diego Armando Maradona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Primatas FC's Michel Čech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Armando Maradona in the 12th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pablo Ermengol got free with Peter-Stefan Schmeichel in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. club⚽ID⚽400547's defense didn't have a chance, in the 26th minute, when Mai Bin Kuan scored to the left of an out of position Peter-Stefan Schmeichel, making the score, 1-0. After 32 minutes of play, club⚽ID⚽400547's Diego Armando Maradona made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michel Čech was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacobo Argi in the 35th minute of play forced club⚽ID⚽400547's goalkeeper Peter-Stefan Schmeichel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Mai Bin Kuan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Peter-Stefan Schmeichel. club⚽ID⚽400547's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mai Bin Kuan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mai Bin Kuan in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Peter-Stefan Schmeichel saved club⚽ID⚽400547 from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mai Bin Kuan in the 48th minute of play forced club⚽ID⚽400547's goalkeeper Peter-Stefan Schmeichel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Diego Armando Maradona was the one to do the kick off. In the 54th minute Jacobo Argi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peter-Stefan Schmeichel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 57th minute of the game Fryderyk Buda made a throw-in which Borys Ogrodowicz played forward. 58 minutes into the match, club⚽ID⚽400547's goal looked a bit too open when Reinaldo Aparecido came free, but Peter-Stefan Schmeichel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 59th minute, Arlindo Pontes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 65 minutes into the match, club⚽ID⚽400547's goal looked a bit too open when Emílio Lendaa came free, but Peter-Stefan Schmeichel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. club⚽ID⚽400547 made a substitution. Zinédine Maradona replaced Diego Armando Maradona. Primatas FC made a substitution. Shao Zheng replaced Pablo Ermengol. Peter-Stefan Schmeichel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacobo Argi in the 71st minute of the match. In the 74th minute, club⚽ID⚽400547's Ricardo Araujo seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ricardo Araujo the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of club⚽ID⚽400547 protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ricardo Araujo had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Ricardo Araujo kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. club⚽ID⚽400547's Juliusz Cezar was substituted for Edgar Rzeszutek. Ricardo Araujo kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After 76 played minutes, Primatas FC's Shao Zheng shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Peter-Stefan Schmeichel came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Primatas FC reached it. In the 83rd minute, Jacobo Argi made a precise shot to the right of Peter-Stefan Schmeichel. club⚽ID⚽400547's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Michel Čech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zinédine Maradona, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Peter-Stefan Schmeichel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mai Bin Kuan in the 88th minute of play. In the 90th minute, Zinédine Maradona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The club⚽ID⚽400547 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. In the 94th minute Zinédine Maradona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michel Čech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 97 minutes, André Luís Furtado took a quick shot and it went in 3-3 without a chance for Michel Čech to make any attempt to save it. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.