U18 World League

Birkenlaubstadion
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ephraim Stübgen kicked off to start the match. After 4 minutes, Ricardinho Furtado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the EC AliensCrazy 2023 and the SV Klingsmoos players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 4 played minutes EC AliensCrazy 2023 got a freekick which was hit by Ricardinho Furtado. Udo Gellrich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Didi de Mendonça in the 19th minute of play. In the 22nd match minute, SV Klingsmoos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simon Jakobs to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when EC AliensCrazy 2023's Didi de Mendonça fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Arnaldo Falcão made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Loy Berns sent off a good shot on target. 41 minutes into the match, SV Klingsmoos's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Paulo Prado came free, but Udo Gellrich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Ephraim Stübgen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. EC AliensCrazy 2023's defense didn't have a chance, in the 48th minute, when Ephraim Stübgen scored to the left of an out of position Arnaldo Falcão, making the score, 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dedé Secco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Arnaldo Falcão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Loy Berns, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Loy Berns in the 60th minute of play forced EC AliensCrazy 2023's goalkeeper Arnaldo Falcão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute, Cauã Coelho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Orlando Zettler during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, SV Klingsmoos's Orlando Zettler got a free kick in the 66th minute. When Loy Berns came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the SV Klingsmoos fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Loy Berns couldn't finish the play. In the 72nd minute Leif Schreiber shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arnaldo Falcão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Udo Gellrich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Didi de Mendonça in the 75th minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, Didi de Mendonça dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Udo Gellrich, 1-1. Arnaldo Falcão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ephraim Stübgen, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After some careless play in the EC AliensCrazy 2023 defense, Loy Berns kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arnaldo Falcão. The EC AliensCrazy 2023 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arnaldo Falcão should have stopped the shot. 91 minutes into the match, EC AliensCrazy 2023's goal looked a bit too open when Ephraim Stübgen came free, but Arnaldo Falcão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 92 played minutes EC AliensCrazy 2023 got a freekick which was hit by Didi de Mendonça. After 93 played minutes, SV Klingsmoos's Loy Berns shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Arnaldo Falcão came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in SV Klingsmoos reached it. 95 minutes into the match, SV Klingsmoos's goal looked a bit too open when Dedé Secco came free, but Udo Gellrich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. SV Klingsmoos had won after a very even match.