U23 World League

Maracaná
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) After 4 minutes, Sindre Westerlund mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the De Digitale Dribbelaars and the Brasil off players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th match minute, De Digitale Dribbelaars was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sindre Westerlund to maneuver through the defense. The referee felt a red card was in order, 11 minutes into the game, when Amancio Iraitz put in a rough tackle. After 12 played minutes Brasil off got a freekick which was hit by Amancio Iraitz. After a rather tough play, Brasil off's Amancio Iraitz got a free kick in the 13th minute. Vjeran Tomić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Simon Schol in the 14th minute of the match. If Leo Ranolfo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jesus Isauro kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 24th minute Pankracy Wisniewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vjeran Tomić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vjeran Tomić showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reinhard Alards in the 26th minute of the match. After 28 played minutes Brasil off got a freekick which was hit by Elmo Tor. 31 minutes into the game, Kristof Klompe cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Vjeran Tomić was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vjeran Tomić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sindre Westerlund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Benedicto Oskitz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 37 minutes into the game, Reinhard Alards cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Vjeran Tomić was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 40th minute, Pankracy Wisniewski got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinhard Alards in the 42nd minute of play forced Brasil off's goalkeeper Vjeran Tomić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Brasil off's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Simon Schol was slow to take the kick. During this time De Digitale Dribbelaars's players had a chance to rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kristof Klompe stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Brasil off's goal looked a bit too open when Abraham Zandberg came free, but Vjeran Tomić reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A hard shot 52 in the game by Kristof Klompe from a close distance when the talented Vjeran Tomić managed to make a qualified save. Brasil off's players were relieved. After 54 played minutes De Digitale Dribbelaars got a freekick which was hit by Kristof Klompe. A collision led to Brasil off getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Benedicto Oskitz hit a great ball. In the 60th match minute, Brasil off was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benedicto Oskitz to maneuver through the defense. Vjeran Tomić didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kristof Klompe went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Pieter-Jan Wagemakers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benedicto Oskitz in the 73rd minute of the match. Brasil off's Leo Ranolfo got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Leo Ranolfo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Pieter-Jan Wagemakers tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leo Ranolfo in the 78th minute of play forced De Digitale Dribbelaars's goalkeeper Pieter-Jan Wagemakers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leo Ranolfo in the 78th minute of play forced De Digitale Dribbelaars's goalkeeper Pieter-Jan Wagemakers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pieter-Jan Wagemakers showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anacleto Ioritz in the 81st minute of the match. The corner led Brasil off's Jesus Isauro to fire away a dangerous shot which Pieter-Jan Wagemakers despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Vjeran Tomić made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Reinhard Alards sent off a good shot on target. In the 86th minute of the match, Kristof Klompe got a very nice opportunity to score, but Vjeran Tomić was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. After 87 minutes of play, De Digitale Dribbelaars's Pankracy Wisniewski made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vjeran Tomić was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Reinhard Alards fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored De Digitale Dribbelaars's protests and gave Reinhard Alards a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, De Digitale Dribbelaars's Reinhard Alards got a free kick in the 91st minute. The corner led Brasil off's Jesus Isauro to fire away a dangerous shot which Pieter-Jan Wagemakers despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. De Digitale Dribbelaars walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.