U23 World League

rebel ARENA
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Walery Absolwent made the kick off which started today's match. Dieguinho Matos made in the 8th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Oscar de Godoi immediately put the ball in play. Kingsley Coman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oscar de Godoi, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Kingsley Coman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oscar de Godoi in the 13th minute of play. The referee felt a red card was in order, 15 minutes into the game, when Roch Bentkowski put in a rough tackle. After 15 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Rega Merida CF! In the 18th minute there was a penalty for Bonival. Angelo Linares stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Kingsley Coman. 0-1. In the 21st minute, Luka Katsebin 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. In the 25th match minute, Rega Merida CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damian Zimniy to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christiano Ramalho in the 26th minute of play forced Rega Merida CF's goalkeeper Kingsley Coman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Walery Absolwent hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. In the 28th minute, Marquinhos Falcão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 30 minutes into the match, Bonival's goal looked a bit too open when Raúl Gonzales came free, but Arthur Lago reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raúl Gonzales received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Arthur Lago tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bonival's goalkeeper Arthur Lago, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 40th minute, Christiano Ramalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Christiano Ramalho made a kick off. In the 52nd minute Oscar de Godoi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kingsley Coman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bebeto Trevisan kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Arthur Lago showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Zimniy in the 55th minute of the match. Rega Merida CF's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Walery Absolwent in the 57th minute. Rega Merida CF's Walery Absolwent was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Arthur Lago in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Raúl Gonzales in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arthur Lago prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dieguinho Matos charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dieguinho Matos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Walery Absolwent managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rega Merida CF's supporters rose to their feet, but Walery Absolwent was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arthur Lago breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 62 minutes into the match, Rega Merida CF's Raúl Gonzales sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arthur Lago narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Rega Merida CF's Ziemowit Zyskowski was substituted for Walery Absolwent. Rega Merida CF's Pocho Citko was substituted for Raúl Gonzales. Rega Merida CF's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lukasz Szostak in the 73rd minute. Arthur Lago showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damian Zimniy, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. In the 80th minute, Damian Zimniy made a precise shot to the right of Arthur Lago. Bonival's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Damian Zimniy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arthur Lago having to interfere. In the 86th minute, Marquinhos Falcão reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kingsley Coman. The goal made the score 1-2. 92 minutes into the match, Rega Merida CF's goal looked a bit too open when Luka Katsebin came free, but Kingsley Coman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.