U23 World League

ARENA ITAFUT 4EVER
Spectators: 7565 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Helmut Berrisch got the match started through his kick off. Jan Schulz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celsinho Vinhas, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 7th minute, Afonso Maciel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Norman Jagusch took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 8th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zé Augusto Cardoso. ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Orlando Mineiro kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Jan Schulz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Orlando Mineiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Celsinho Vinhas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jan Schulz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 15th minute of play. Jan Schulz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celsinho Vinhas in the 18th minute of the match. Benjamin Koppers kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Celsinho Vinhas in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jan Schulz saved FC Hollywood from getting behind. Jan Schulz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Celsinho Vinhas's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. Jan Schulz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Celsinho Vinhas's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Beto Aparecido during the 29th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, ITAFUT 4EVER's Beto Aparecido got a free kick in the 29th minute. Benjamin Koppers took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 30th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zé Augusto Cardoso. ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The audience was convinced that Celsinho Vinhas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jan Schulz was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Horst-Peter Bernhard made in the 34th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Herbert Schröder. With a little luck, FC Hollywood's Jan Schulz got control of the ball when Celsinho Vinhas tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Helmut Berrisch in the 44th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Zé Augusto Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zé Augusto Cardoso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven-Christian Ulrich, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. When FC Hollywood's Helmut Berrisch in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ITAFUT 4EVER's goalie prevented a goal. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Orlando Mineiro made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Celsinho Vinhas managed to get in a good position for a shot. ITAFUT 4EVER's supporters rose to their feet, but Celsinho Vinhas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jan Schulz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jan Schulz came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by ITAFUT 4EVER's Celsinho Vinhas. But to his dismay, Celsinho Vinhas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sebastian Luchtenberg during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Sebastian Luchtenberg kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. In the 59th minute, Celsinho Vinhas sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and FC Hollywood's Jan Schulz didn't even have to move. Jan Schulz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Celsinho Vinhas's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Orlando Mineiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan Schulz having to interfere. 68 minutes into the match, ITAFUT 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Sven-Christian Ulrich came free, but Zé Augusto Cardoso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Hannes Welser had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Celsinho Vinhas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jan Schulz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 73rd minute of play. After 77 minutes of play ITAFUT 4EVER's Beto Aparecido was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of FC Hollywood booed when ITAFUT 4EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Beto Aparecido didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zé Augusto Cardoso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hannes Welser in the 82nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Helmut Berrisch in the 85th minute of play forced ITAFUT 4EVER's goalkeeper Zé Augusto Cardoso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of FC Hollywood booed when ITAFUT 4EVER was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Léo Velasco didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 93rd minute, ITAFUT 4EVER's Cléber Palmeira seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Cléber Palmeira the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of ITAFUT 4EVER protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Cléber Palmeira had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 93rd match minute, ITAFUT 4EVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cléber Palmeira to maneuver through the defense.