U23 World League

NINHO de CUCOS
Spectators: 7652 (Terracing: 5741, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) Oliver Rajkov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Marciano Eskuin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oliver Rajkov in the 2nd minute of play. Marciano Eskuin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliver Rajkov in the 4th minute of the match. Marciano Eskuin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oliver Rajkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 7 minutes into the match, Olavo Eiró notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Red Bull Club's Ognen Zografski. Ognen Zografski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 13th minute, Aldo Dias left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arrebimba o Malho SLB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lurtim Ognjanovič in the 17th minute of play forced Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goalkeeper Marciano Eskuin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Leandro Sacadura got a free kick in the 18th minute. Red Bull Club's Slave Uzunov got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marciano Eskuin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dritan Kralevski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Vivaldo Soveral got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Ognen Zografski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aldo Dias in the 28th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's goal looked a bit too open when Lurtim Ognjanovič came free, but Marciano Eskuin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Oliver Rajkov in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marciano Eskuin prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 35 played minutes Arrebimba o Malho SLB got a freekick which was hit by Leandro Sacadura. Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Marciano Eskuin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Slave Uzunov in the 36th minute of play. Ognen Zografski made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Olavo Eiró sent off a good shot on target. If Óscar Caires had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 47 minutes of play, Arrebimba o Malho SLB's Olavo Eiró made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ognen Zografski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Aldo Dias was the one to do the kick off. Oliver Rajkov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Marciano Eskuin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute, Olavo Eiró made a precise shot to the right of Ognen Zografski. Red Bull Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Oliver Rajkov who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 64thth minute tested the skills of Marciano Eskuin when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 66th match minute, Red Bull Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dritan Kralevski to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot 68 in the game by Oliver Rajkov from a close distance when the talented Marciano Eskuin managed to make a qualified save. Arrebimba o Malho SLB's players were relieved. Slave Uzunov hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. In the 73rd minute, Žarko Kitanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oliver Rajkov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 80th minute, Aldo Dias left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arrebimba o Malho SLB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. If Oliver Rajkov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marciano Eskuin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oliver Rajkov in the 87th minute of play. Rogério Azenha kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. In the 96th minute, Dritan Kralevski 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. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Arrebimba o Malho SLB had won after a very even match.