U23 World League

【№1】湖南自由联队
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) 【№1】湖南自由联队's 陆弘常 started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Heitor Teixeira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 陆弘常 in the 5th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Artur Fidalgo put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of 黄战朋. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joaquim Brandão during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of 【№1】湖南自由联队 booed when Sporting Clube V.R.S.A. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joaquim Brandão didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 11th match minute, 【№1】湖南自由联队 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 马辉梁 to maneuver through the defense. The referee felt a red card was in order, 15 minutes into the game, when 吴真宽 put in a rough tackle. 【№1】湖南自由联队's 黄战朋 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artur Fidalgo in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gastão Cesário in the 22nd minute of play forced 【№1】湖南自由联队's goalkeeper 黄战朋 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 马辉梁 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Artur Fidalgo scored 0-3 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of 黄战朋, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 44 played minutes Sporting Clube V.R.S.A. got a freekick which was hit by Laércio Vasques. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Artur Fidalgo to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Gastão Cesário left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sporting Clube V.R.S.A. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. In the 59th minute, 【№1】湖南自由联队's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Artur Fidalgo fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by 陆弘常 during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 陆弘常 kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Gastão Cesário slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 黄战朋. That made the score 0-5 after 72 minutes of play. After 74 played minutes 【№1】湖南自由联队 got a freekick which was hit by 毛扬浩. 范誉震 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 79th minute, Gastão Cesário made a precise shot to the right of 黄战朋. 【№1】湖南自由联队's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Gastão Cesário received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. 黄战朋 came out and tried to block the shot, but Gastão Cesário slotted it home off the left post making it 0-7 in the 82nd minute. Sporting Clube V.R.S.A.'s Gastão Cesário got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Manuel Valadão hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. 95 minutes into the match, Gastão Cesário notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of 【№1】湖南自由联队's 黄战朋. 黄战朋 was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.