U21 World League

Caipiriñha
Spectators: 8008 (Terracing: 6008, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ernie Ball took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Clarence Makélélé in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Angel Comizzo saved Batalionul U23 Dorobanti from getting behind. If Ernie Ball had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Clarence Makélélé sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After a rather tough play, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Denis Gergori got a free kick in the 17th minute. The audience was convinced that Bruno Lenzi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Angel Comizzo was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Edgar-Allan Doro's late challenge caught a ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edgar-Allan Doro helped the player get up and apologised. In the 30th minute, Edgar-Allan Doro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 36th minute Ernie Ball shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelo Bertoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ernie Ball blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Angelo Bertoni having to make a save. In the 40th minute Ernie Ball shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelo Bertoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The throw-in from Denis Gergori in the 41st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Quique Doro. Edgar-Allan Doro kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bruno Lenzi to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Santa Clausius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ernie Ball received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Angelo Bertoni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ernie Ball had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Angelo Bertoni made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ernie Ball in the 61st minute. Angel Comizzo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santa Clausius in the 65th minute of the match. Ernie Ball kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. In the 72nd match minute, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernie Ball to maneuver through the defense. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Clarence Makélélé got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 81 minutes of play, ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's Clarence Makélélé made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Angel Comizzo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Angelo Bertoni made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Yuan Guo Xi sent off a good shot on target. Angelo Bertoni made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Renan Trancoso sent off a good shot on target. ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ were furious when Mathias Molhoek was red carded, 88 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 87 minutes into the game, one of ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 89 minutes, Batalionul U23 Dorobanti's Diego Tristan got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Angelo Bertoni. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yuan Guo Xi in the 92nd minute of play forced ꉓꍏꋪꉣꂦꀸꋪꂦꂵꂦ's goalkeeper Angelo Bertoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 93rd minute, Adrian Isăilă hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 95 minutes into the game, Yuan Guo Xi recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Angelo Bertoni. Yuan Guo Xi showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-2. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.