U21 World League

Hippo Pool
Spectators: 7663 (Terracing: 5748, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dieguinho Massa took the kick off in the first half of the match. Simonas Balčys kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 5th minute, Allan Guerra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Savage Hippo's zone, Allan Guerra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Svajūnas Božys came out of the goal and Allan Guerra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Afonsinho Duarte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Francisco de Carvalho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Allan Guerra sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Savage Hippo's Alfredas Klenkys suffered a concussion in the 22nd minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. After 23 played minutes TRICOSHOW F.CLUB got a freekick which was hit by Emerson Viana. TRICOSHOW F.CLUB's Mauro Abreu got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dieguinho Massa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Svajūnas Božys having to make a save. Savage Hippo's Svajūnas Božys played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dieguinho Massa in the 33rd minute of play. In the 35th match minute, TRICOSHOW F.CLUB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonsinho Duarte to maneuver through the defense. 38 minutes into the match, Dieguinho Massa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Svajūnas Božys. Savage Hippo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dieguinho Massa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After a rather tough play, Savage Hippo's Valdas Tindžiulis got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Svajūnas Božys showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Allan Guerra in the 43rd minute of the match. After the first half TRICOSHOW F.CLUB were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Romualdas Podėris to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Dieguinho Massa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TRICOSHOW F.CLUB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Savage Hippo's Algimantas Zakaras got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Vicente Lara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romualdas Podėris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Savage Hippo's Svajūnas Božys proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Savage Hippo from getting a goal against them. 66 minutes into the match, Dieguinho Massa dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Svajūnas Božys, 0-4. A collision led to TRICOSHOW F.CLUB getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Miguel Pires hit a great ball. Svajūnas Božys didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mauro Abreu went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Romualdas Podėris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vicente Lara having to interfere. Svajūnas Božys took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dieguinho Massa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes into the match, Dieguinho Massa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Svajūnas Božys. Savage Hippo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dieguinho Massa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. TRICOSHOW F.CLUB's Dieguinho Massa got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 96 minutes into the match, Dieguinho Massa notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Savage Hippo's Svajūnas Božys. Svajūnas Božys was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match was over TRICOSHOW F.CLUB could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Savage Hippo throughout the match.