U23 World League

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kilian Mbappè kicked off to start the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 7th minute of the game. One of Red Bull Magnus:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of TiGrEs Fx:s goal. The referee gave TiGrEs Fx a penalty, 8 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Oliver Sonne, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães. 0-2. Aloísio Guimarães came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by TiGrEs Fx's Jairo Concha. But to his dismay, Jairo Concha quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Aloísio Guimarães showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luciano Apukas, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Aloísio Guimarães took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luciano Apukas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luciano Apukas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Aloísio Guimarães tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aloísio Guimarães didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luciano Apukas went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luciano Apukas in the 40th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Luciano Apukas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aloísio Guimarães was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. After some careless play in the Red Bull Magnus defense, Luciano Apukas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Aloísio Guimarães. The Red Bull Magnus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Aloísio Guimarães should have stopped the shot.

The wind increased when Luciano Apukas made the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Red Bull Magnus's goalkeeper Aloísio Guimarães had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luciano Apukas. A collision led to Red Bull Magnus getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Falcão Antunes hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Red Bull Magnus's zone, Luciano Apukas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aloísio Guimarães came out of the goal and Luciano Apukas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aloísio Guimarães made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Luciano Apukas sent off a good shot on target. Luciano Apukas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aloísio Guimarães came out and tried to block the shot, but Luciano Apukas slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 67th minute. Red Bull Magnus's defense didn't have a chance, in the 72nd minute, when Luciano Apukas scored to the left of an out of position Aloísio Guimarães, making the score, 0-8. When Tony Pontes fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Red Bull Magnus's protests and gave Tony Pontes a yellow card for diving instead. In the 76th minute, one of Red Bull Magnus:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Red Bull Magnus. In the 78th minute there was a penalty for TiGrEs Fx. Oliver Sonne stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Aloísio Guimarães. 0-9. If Luciano Apukas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Red Bull Magnus's Sidnei Linhares got a free kick in the 89th minute. The Red Bull Magnus fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. TiGrEs Fx were clearly better and deserved to take the win.