U23 World League

Estádio Figueiredo
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Moisés Arruda got the match started through his kick off. Samuca Leal hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, Ique Football Club's Samuca Leal dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Ique Football Club's goalkeeper João Francisco Leme, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Georgi Naidenov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aimar Aimar went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. When the match clock showed 26 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Aimar Aimar sped through ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Georgi Naidenov. Georgi Naidenov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aimar Aimar in the 29th minute. In the 30th minute, Paun Gerinski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st minute Aimar Aimar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Georgi Naidenov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Steven Gerard sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Georgi Naidenov made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Aimar Aimar sent off a good shot on target. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Aimar Aimar in the 39th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Georgi Naidenov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's goalkeeper Georgi Naidenov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Georgi Naidenov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Aimar Aimar in the 43rd minute. A collision led to ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Evgeni Kalkandzhiev hit a great ball. Aimar Aimar's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Georgi Naidenov read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 46th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Steven Gerard stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. João Francisco Leme made an important save on a dangerous shot by Steven Gerard in the 52nd minute. A collision led to ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Ganyo Idakiev hit a great ball. Ganyo Idakiev hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. In the 57th minute, Aimar Aimar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Georgi Naidenov was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. When Ique Football Club's Aimar Aimar in the 60th minute got a chance for a shot 60th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's goalie prevented a goal. 62 minutes had been played when some careless play by ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Samuca Leal was slow to take the kick. During this time Ique Football Club's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Samuca Leal got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Georgi Naidenov quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Aimar Aimar, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 62 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Georgi Naidenov was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Moisés Arruda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Georgi Naidenov was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Georgi Naidenov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Moisés Arruda in the 69th minute of the match. After 76 played minutes Ique Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Aílton Falcão. Aimar Aimar hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. In the 86th minute, Kuzman Tzankov made a precise shot to the right of João Francisco Leme. Ique Football Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Ique Football Club fans cheered their team off the field, for while ПАРТИЗАН Червен бряг had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.