U23 World League

Jereba
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Toninho Cosme started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a defensive mix-up in BEST FABIO F.C.'s zone, Adalberto Macedo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Olivier Dubs came out of the goal and Adalberto Macedo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 11th minute, Alexandre Xande hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Elivélton Albuquerque's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 12thth minute, Olivier Dubs skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 19 minutes into the match, BEST FABIO F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Abelardo Brodel came free, but Olivier Dubs reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jereba 4EVER were awarded a corner in the 20th minute after BEST FABIO F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Abelardo Brodel took the corner. The corner led to Jereba 4EVER's Dário Sampaio getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Atilla Kağan Ergüvenç kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Vito Porto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Olivier Dubs tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Romeu da Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toninho Cosme, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Elivélton Albuquerque kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. In the 28th minute Gino de Brito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romeu da Cunha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, Jereba 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Toninho Cosme came free, but Romeu da Cunha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gino de Brito's late challenge caught a Jereba 4EVER's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gino de Brito helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to BEST FABIO F.C. getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Gino de Brito hit a great ball. Olivier Dubs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elivélton Albuquerque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romeu da Cunha made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jiang Liang Wei in the 43rd minute of play. Olivier Dubs made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Elivélton Albuquerque sent off a good shot on target. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Elivélton Albuquerque was the one to do the kick off. Olivier Dubs stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Elivélton Albuquerque's shot from short distance in the 51st minute. In the 52nd minute, Abelardo Brodel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jiang Liang Wei could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Romeu da Cunha made a huge save. A collision led to BEST FABIO F.C. getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Flavinho Netto hit a great ball. Olivier Dubs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vito Porto in the 60th minute of the match. Romeu da Cunha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jiang Liang Wei in the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Brodel in the 67th minute of play forced BEST FABIO F.C.'s goalkeeper Olivier Dubs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the BEST FABIO F.C. defense, Abelardo Brodel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Olivier Dubs. The BEST FABIO F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Olivier Dubs should have stopped the shot. Romeu da Cunha made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Gino de Brito sent off a good shot on target. In the 73rd minute Elivélton Albuquerque shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Olivier Dubs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Atilla Kağan Ergüvenç hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Olivier Dubs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elivélton Albuquerque, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 78 minutes into the match, Elivélton Albuquerque notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of BEST FABIO F.C.'s Olivier Dubs. Olivier Dubs was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After some careless play in the Jereba 4EVER defense, Jiang Liang Wei kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Romeu da Cunha. The Jereba 4EVER fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Romeu da Cunha should have stopped the shot. After having played for 88 minutes, Vito Porto managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Jereba 4EVER's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vito Porto was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 90th minute, Flavinho Netto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.