U23 World League

Estádio Marcos Mazer
Spectators: 7860 (Terracing: 5895, Seating: 1808, VIP seats: 157) After some careless play in the Tribos 4EVER defense, Brandon Wright kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edvin van der Saar. The Tribos 4EVER fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edvin van der Saar should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Tribos 4EVER getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Gualter Macedo hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Pedro Luiz de Moraes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edvin van der Saar was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. In the 19th minute, Gustavo Gol fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Lennie Rusby, passed just outside the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marty King in the 21st minute of play forced Tribos 4EVER's goalkeeper Edvin van der Saar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedrinho Figueiredo hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Nicanor Elequemedo made in the 33rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Heavenly Hooters's Isac Vornicu. 35 minutes into the match, Tribos 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Luiz de Moraes came free, but Edvin van der Saar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Luiz de Moraes in the 41st minute of play forced Tribos 4EVER's goalkeeper Edvin van der Saar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tribos 4EVER's Iwo Kalak quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Jake Grayson, made in the 43rd minute of the game. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedro Luiz de Moraes to make the kick off. If Pedro Luiz de Moraes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Edvin van der Saar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Luiz de Moraes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edvin van der Saar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marty King in the 57th minute. Jake Grayson hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Lennie Rusby took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Gol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Gustavo Gol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lennie Rusby was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Heavenly Hooters's Todd Connery was substituted for Pedro Luiz de Moraes. The supporters of Heavenly Hooters booed when Tribos 4EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicanor Elequemedo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Heavenly Hooters made a substitution. Phil Naylor replaced Marty King. Nicanor Elequemedo hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Lennie Rusby made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo Gol in the 79th minute of play. Edvin van der Saar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brandon Wright in the 81st minute of play. In the 83rd match minute, Heavenly Hooters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ross Clark to maneuver through the defense. Edvin van der Saar made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Phil Naylor sent off a good shot on target. Tribos 4EVER's Edvin van der Saar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Todd Connery in the 93rd minute of play. In the 95th match minute, Heavenly Hooters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jake Grayson to maneuver through the defense.