U23 World League

Arena Sandinense
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Loid Franckx started the match with the kick off. Tomás Madureira kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. After 15th play minutes Loid Franckx shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Alfredão de Medeiros and just under the crossbar into goal. Loid Franckx took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alfredão de Medeiros. Alfredão de Medeiros dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Alfredão de Medeiros came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Portus Ganda's Stef Denijs. But to his dismay, Stef Denijs quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. A collision led to Sandinense ADF getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Arnaldo Carioca hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Loid Franckx's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alfredão de Medeiros was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 34th minute, Joel Penha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alfredão de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Loid Franckx in the 35th minute of the match. Fernandão Quadros hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. 37 minutes into the match, Jannis Hemelsoet notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Sandinense ADF's Alfredão de Medeiros. Alfredão de Medeiros was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Loid Franckx in the 40th minute of play forced Sandinense ADF's goalkeeper Alfredão de Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Egídio Vale was the one to do the kick off. If Güralp Ergüleç had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Loid Franckx managed to get in a good position for a shot. Portus Ganda's supporters rose to their feet, but Loid Franckx was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alfredão de Medeiros breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Sandinense ADF's Alfredão de Medeiros got control of the ball when Jannis Hemelsoet tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Loid Franckx had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 65thth minute of the game Loid Franckx who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sandinense ADF's Alfredão de Medeiros was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 66th minute, Sandinense ADF's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Loid Franckx fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 67 played minutes Sandinense ADF got a freekick which was hit by Ramón Hoffmann. With an all-out effort, Portus Ganda's Alfredão de Medeiros threw himself towards the right post 74 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Loid Franckx, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Egídio Vale kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Fernandão Quadros hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Loid Franckx in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alfredão de Medeiros saved Sandinense ADF from getting behind. Alfredão de Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loid Franckx in the 93rd minute of play. Portus Ganda's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.