U23 World League

Bolivar Stadium
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Bolivar's Bendjedid Harkouk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luizinho Arce in the 3rd minute of play. Marcus Batista scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bendjedid Harkouk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 8th minute, Marcus Batista ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bendjedid Harkouk was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Bendjedid Harkouk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yasar Bonnemain, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute, Marcus Batista left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cremonese FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Marcus Batista sped through Bolivar's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bendjedid Harkouk. Afiz Cho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bendjedid Harkouk having to interfere. After 25 played minutes Bolivar got a freekick which was hit by Hocine Moll. After some fancy dribbling in the 26th minute, Luizinho Arce managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cremonese FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Luizinho Arce was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bendjedid Harkouk breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 28 minutes into the match, Marcus Batista had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bendjedid Harkouk. Bolivar's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcus Batista was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. A collision led to Bolivar getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Mouloud Djebar hit a great ball. Boudjemaa Abbas charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Boudjemaa Abbas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Boudjemaa Abbas hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. 35 minutes into the match, Bolivar's goal looked a bit too open when Luizinho Arce came free, but Bendjedid Harkouk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bolivar's Boudjemaa Abbas quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Krzysztof Jaraczeski, made in the 38th minute of the game. Bendjedid Harkouk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcus Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Senijad Ibričić succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-5 in the 45th playminute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Senijad Ibričić was the one to do the kick off. Krzysztof Jaraczeski charged in rather forcefully in the 57th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Krzysztof Jaraczeski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Krzysztof Jaraczeski hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. When Luizinho Arce fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cremonese FC's protests and gave Luizinho Arce a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Cremonese FC getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Luizinho Arce hit a great ball. Bolivar's Bendjedid Harkouk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Bolivar from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Afiz Cho put it in 2-6 from a short distance just to the right of Bendjedid Harkouk. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Senijad Ibričić during the 67th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 67th match minute, Bolivar was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Senijad Ibričić to maneuver through the defense. Senijad Ibričić hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Afiz Cho scored 2-7 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bendjedid Harkouk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Cremonese FC made a substitution. Felipe Lara replaced Alfredão Cosme. Kong Gang Zhan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tedj Boudiaf in the 76th minute of the match. Dida Tróia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Bendjedid Harkouk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Afiz Cho might have been able to make a better finish in the 80th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bendjedid Harkouk. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Afiz Cho ran back to his position shaking his head. Bendjedid Harkouk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Felipe Lara in the 82nd minute. 83 minutes into the match, Marcus Batista notched a goal, 2-8, to the right of Bolivar's Bendjedid Harkouk. Bendjedid Harkouk was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bendjedid Harkouk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dida Tróia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd minute Marcus Batista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bendjedid Harkouk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a little luck, Bolivar's Bendjedid Harkouk got control of the ball when Marcus Batista tried to sneak it across the goal line.