U21 World League

Pikachuzim Arena
Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Teun Schoenmakers got the match started through his kick off. Teun Schoenmakers recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th 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 Victor da Fonseca got free with Mark Kimman in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 10th minute, Teun Schoenmakers got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Pedro Luiz Matorin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teun Schoenmakers in the 21st minute of the match. In the 27th minute Cristian Bittencourt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mark Kimman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 30 minutes of play, Lemel SV's Teun Schoenmakers made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Luiz Matorin was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Lemel SV getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Teun Schoenmakers hit a great ball. Koos Teunissen might have been able to make a better finish in the 45th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Luiz Matorin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Koos Teunissen ran back to his position shaking his head. Luizão Fontes kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dadá Torres to make the kick off. Lemel SV's Mark Kimman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dadá Torres in the 54th minute of play. AS Pikachuzim's Luizão Fontes suffered a concussion after 56 minutes and had to leave the field. AS Pikachuzim made a substitution. Cleiton Massa replaced Luizão Fontes. The supporters of AS Pikachuzim booed when Lemel SV was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Peter Smibum didn't get a good kick on the ball. When AS Pikachuzim's Cristian Bittencourt in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lemel SV's goalie prevented a goal. Mark Kimman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dadá Torres, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Mark Kimman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dadá Torres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AS Pikachuzim's defense didn't have a chance, in the 73rd minute, when Teun Schoenmakers scored to the left of an out of position Pedro Luiz Matorin, making the score, 0-2. In the 77th minute, Teun Schoenmakers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pedro Luiz Matorin was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Peter Smibum kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Pedro Luiz Matorin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Teun Schoenmakers, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Bittencourt in the 92nd minute of play forced Lemel SV's goalkeeper Mark Kimman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lemel SV's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.