U21 World League

Ninho do Pombo
Spectators: 8024 (Terracing: 6020, Seating: 1845, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anıl Oker made the kick off which started today's match. In the 8th match minute, No Gravity FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guido Cristofol to maneuver through the defense. Agustín Brei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anıl Oker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute, Genílson Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jupp Buhrmann in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luiz Fabiano de Lima saved Pombal 2003 F.C. from getting behind. In the 19th minute, Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Genílson Costa seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Genílson Costa the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Pombal 2003 F.C. protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Genílson Costa had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 18 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Pombal 2003 F.C.! Luiz Fabiano de Lima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zula Kasiewski in the 22nd minute of the match. Guido Cristofol recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hermínio Moraes might have been able to make a better finish in the 28th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Agustín Brei. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hermínio Moraes ran back to his position shaking his head. Agustín Brei came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Anıl Oker. But to his dismay, Anıl Oker quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 39th minute Guido Cristofol shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fabiano de Lima saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 40 played minutes No Gravity FC got a freekick which was hit by Erik Ström. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Jupp Buhrmann received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Luiz Fabiano de Lima tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Agustín Brei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anıl Oker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hermínio Moraes hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Fabiano Parisi hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Dan Engström's late challenge caught a Pombal 2003 F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dan Engström helped the player get up and apologised. Agustín Brei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anıl Oker, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hermínio Moraes in the 65th minute. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Anıl Oker put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Agustín Brei. After 71 played minutes Pombal 2003 F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Anıl Oker. In the 71st minute, Bob Craft hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Luiz Fabiano de Lima proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to save Pombal 2003 F.C. from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Boris Nenkov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luiz Fabiano de Lima was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. Agustín Brei came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Pombal 2003 F.C.'s Hermínio Moraes. But to his dismay, Hermínio Moraes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Boris Nenkov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Guido Cristofol got free with Luiz Fabiano de Lima in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Fabiano Parisi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Agustín Brei having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boris Nenkov in the 90th minute of play forced Pombal 2003 F.C.'s goalkeeper Luiz Fabiano de Lima to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Agustín Brei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermínio Moraes, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. 曾沙坚's late challenge caught a No Gravity FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. 曾沙坚 helped the player get up and apologised. 曾沙坚 hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. 97 minutes into the match, Pombal 2003 F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Boris Nenkov came free, but Luiz Fabiano de Lima reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pombal 2003 F.C. were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of No Gravity FC for a fine match.