U21 World League

Beira Rio
Spectators: 7983 (Terracing: 5988, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lucas Head Son took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Ronaldinho Carioca hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Vidlákov SK's zone, Lucas Head Son stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Yao Yang Peng came out of the goal and Lucas Head Son tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Yao Yang Peng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldinho Carioca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Márcio Santos hit a great ball. In the 14th minute Nicholas Goldsmith shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abtin Sadeqi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yao Yang Peng took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lucas Head Son, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22ndth minute of the game Mor Vidlák who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's Abtin Sadeqi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lucas Head Son got free with Yao Yang Peng in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 32 minutes into the game, João Barros was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Vidlákov SK the free kick. After 32 played minutes INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA got a freekick which was hit by João Barros. 34 minutes into the match, INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's goal looked a bit too open when Mor Vidlák came free, but Abtin Sadeqi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. João Barros kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Abtin Sadeqi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mor Vidlák, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Ronaldinho Carioca hit a great ball. Yao Yang Peng made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lucas Head Son in the 47th minute. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Lucas Head Son in the 48th minute. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mor Vidlák was the one to do the kick off. Lucas Head Son fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yao Yang Peng having to interfere. Zlatan Chepchumba made in the 61st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's Jonas Dante. In the 69th minute, Cristoforo Pelliccia made a precise shot to the right of Abtin Sadeqi. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After 74 played minutes Vidlákov SK got a freekick which was hit by Vitalij Votava. The audience was convinced that Lucas Head Son's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yao Yang Peng was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mor Vidlák in the 82nd minute of play forced INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA's goalkeeper Abtin Sadeqi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Mor Vidlák had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 92nd match minute, INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Márcio Santos to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Mor Vidlák in the 92nd minute really tested Abtin Sadeqi's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA were furious when Carlinhos Pinho was red carded, 96 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Carlinhos Pinho kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. In the 98th minute Zlatan Chepchumba managed to get in a great position but fired away a sharp shot that went outside the goal on the goalie's right hand side. It could just as well have been a goal. When the final whistle sounded Vidlákov SK left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than INTERNACIONAL DA BAHIA.