U23 World League

Hard Rock Stadium
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) A collision led to Jumentus Rock Club getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Cristóvão de Medeiros hit a great ball. Tales Goiano came free with the goalkeeper in the 12th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Haralampi Kúrkelanov could save by the left post. Tales Goianos short, quick shot in the 12thth minute got Haralampi Kúrkelanov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tales Goiano got free with Haralampi Kúrkelanov in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 20th minute Rostislav Sitarski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomás Ceresso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tomás Ceresso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rostislav Sitarski, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Reinaldo Arce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Asparuh Nechev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Tomás Ceresso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With 31 minutes on the clock, Stavri Videlov commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Stavri Videlov hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Jumentus Rock Club's Reinaldo Arce shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 33rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Haralampi Kúrkelanov but with some difficulty. In the 40th match minute, VN SOKOLI-VARNA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andon Traychev to maneuver through the defense. Haralampi Kúrkelanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Eduardo Gomes in the 42nd minute of the match. Haralampi Kúrkelanov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dieguinho Massa in the 44th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Jumentus Rock Club's Fernando Simão got a free kick in the 46th minute. 47 minutes into the match, Jumentus Rock Club's goal looked a bit too open when Tzvetoslav Vúlchov came free, but Tomás Ceresso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Reinaldo Arce to strike the kick off in the second half. VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Haralampi Kúrkelanov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinaldo Arce in the 51st minute of play. Haralampi Kúrkelanov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dieguinho Massa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rostislav Sitarski scored 0-1 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tomás Ceresso, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Eloi Ocomardia charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eloi Ocomardia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 59th minute, Eloi Ocomardia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Zé Paulo Koehler fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Jumentus Rock Club's protests and gave Zé Paulo Koehler a yellow card for diving instead. In the 60th minute, Zé Paulo Koehler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 62 minutes into the match, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goal looked a bit too open when Tales Goiano came free, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo Arce in the 67th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Zé Paulo Koehler was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 69 minutes had been played. Zé Paulo Koehler hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the VN SOKOLI-VARNA defense, Reinaldo Arce kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Haralampi Kúrkelanov. The VN SOKOLI-VARNA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Haralampi Kúrkelanov should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rostislav Sitarski got free with Tomás Ceresso in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dieguinho Massa in the 79th minute of play forced VN SOKOLI-VARNA's goalkeeper Haralampi Kúrkelanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute Nestor de Souza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haralampi Kúrkelanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Tzvetoslav Vúlchov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Haralampi Kúrkelanov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dieguinho Massa in the 88th minute of play. Trifon Mladenov's late challenge caught a Jumentus Rock Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Trifon Mladenov helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tzvetoslav Vúlchov in the 92nd minute of play forced Jumentus Rock Club's goalkeeper Tomás Ceresso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Tales Goiano put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Haralampi Kúrkelanov. Jumentus Rock Club's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.