U23 World League

Bulls Arena
Spectators: 7463 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fernando Coutinho took the kick off in the first half of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Adrianinho Zanette kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Raimondas Bitėnas. That made the score 1-0 in the 7 minute of play. Raimondas Bitėnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusébio Mattos, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Orestas Kontautas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Augusto Pereira having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goalkeeper Raimondas Bitėnas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mané Garrinchinha. Raimondas Bitėnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Coutinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 22 minutes into the match, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goalkeeper Raimondas Bitėnas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mané Garrinchinha. Raimondas Bitėnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eusébio Mattos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI booed when Błαck Bułłs MZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carlo Puyol didn't get a good kick on the ball. 45 minutes into the match, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's goal looked a bit too open when Eusébio Mattos came free, but Raimondas Bitėnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tautrimas Gabriūnas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, FK Užnemunė SLAVA UKRAINI's Artūras Putrimas got a free kick in the 54th minute. Raimondas Bitėnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusébio Mattos in the 57th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vitoldas Jazukevičius during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Vitoldas Jazukevičius hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Raimondas Bitėnas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mané Garrinchinha in the 64th minute of play. Orestas Kontautas scored 1-1 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Augusto Pereira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 79th minute Tautrimas Gabriūnas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Augusto Pereira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th match minute, Błαck Bułłs MZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agnaldo Vinhas to maneuver through the defense. Raimondas Bitėnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Coutinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Raimondas Bitėnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Coutinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Błαck Bułłs MZ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.