U23 World League

Arena Da Zimba
Spectators: 7774 (Terracing: 5831, Seating: 1788, VIP seats: 155) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lúcio Proença made the kick off which started today's match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gui Souza during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Imbituba - FSCMZ's Vítor Saraiva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kristoffer Sundström in the 9th minute of play. Gu Bang Jun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vítor Saraiva having to interfere. In the 12th minute Guilherme Souza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimcho Bobchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dimcho Bobchev was out of position in the 13 minute of play, and Guilherme Souza capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Guilherme Souza really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Dimcho Bobchev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guilherme Souza, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind Imbituba - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Vítor Saraiva, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 26th minute FC Kickerz were awarded a corner. Gottfrid Carlsson went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 26th match minute, FC Kickerz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Calle Kling to maneuver through the defense. Dimcho Bobchev made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Guilherme Souza sent off a good shot on target. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Kickerz's goalkeeper Dimcho Bobchev, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 34th minute Gu Bang Jun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vítor Saraiva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 36 minutes into the match, Guilherme Souza dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dimcho Bobchev, 2-0. 39 minutes into the match, Imbituba - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Gu Bang Jun came free, but Vítor Saraiva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Imbituba - FSCMZ's Gui Souza got his second yellow card of the match in the 41st minute. The referee ordered Gui Souza off the ground. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristoffer Sundström in the 42nd minute of play forced Imbituba - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Vítor Saraiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the match, Imbituba - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Gu Bang Jun came free, but Vítor Saraiva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kristoffer Sundström to make the kick off. After 54 minutes, Calle Kling mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Kickerz and the Imbituba - FSCMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 54th match minute, FC Kickerz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Calle Kling to maneuver through the defense. Imbituba - FSCMZ's Vítor Saraiva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gu Bang Jun in the 59th minute of play. Calle Kling kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Tope Ponta fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 69th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. After 73 played minutes Imbituba - FSCMZ got a freekick which was hit by Samuca Camargo. 81 minutes into the match, Imbituba - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Gu Bang Jun came free, but Vítor Saraiva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tope Ponta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 89th minute, Nico Rodrigues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vítor Saraiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evert Beckström in the 95th minute of the match. Imbituba - FSCMZ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.