U23 World League

FLA Arena
Spectators: 7527 (Terracing: 5646, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Romeu Gaspar started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramūnas Grigutis in the 5th minute of play forced The Best Ones's goalkeeper Juarês Fantini to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Liudas Murauskis hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. 14 minutes into the match, Romeu Gaspar dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alfredas Pakintis, 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Romeu Gaspar got free with Alfredas Pakintis in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Arnaldo Sarmento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnaldo Sarmento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alfredas Pakintis having to interfere. After some careless play in the Lithuanian amber defense, Antônio da Cunha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alfredas Pakintis. The Lithuanian amber fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alfredas Pakintis should have stopped the shot. In the 40th minute of the match Remigijus Damijonas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Juarês Fantini skillfully saved the ball. Alfredas Pakintis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Arnaldo Sarmento showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 42 minute of play. Antônio da Cunha charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Antônio da Cunha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, The Best Ones's Antônio da Cunha got a free kick in the 47th minute.

54 minutes into the game, Romeu Gaspar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Alfredas Pakintis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 57 played minutes The Best Ones got a freekick which was hit by Wesley Maia. In the 59th minute Oskaras Matulis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juarês Fantini saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Lithuanian amber's zone, Romeu Gaspar stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alfredas Pakintis came out of the goal and Romeu Gaspar tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Antônio da Cunha came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the The Best Ones fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Antônio da Cunha couldn't finish the play. After 68 minutes of play, The Best Ones's Romeu Gaspar made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfredas Pakintis was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joélson de Godoi during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 72 played minutes The Best Ones got a freekick which was hit by Joélson de Godoi. Liudas Murauskis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Juarês Fantini made a huge save. After a rather tough play, The Best Ones's Joélson de Godoi got a free kick in the 74th minute. Alfredas Pakintis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romeu Gaspar in the 77th minute of the match. 79 minutes into the game, Romeu Gaspar cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Alfredas Pakintis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Juarês Fantini made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Ramūnas Grigutis sent off a good shot on target. Ramūnas Grigutis kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Antônio da Cunha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The The Best Ones fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Alfredas Pakintis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antônio da Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The Best Ones'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.