U21 World League

Arena Tabajara
Spectators: 7754 (Terracing: 5817, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ademar Nunes got the match started through his kick off. Zdzislaw Majkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitris Koukoulas in the 4th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dimitris Koukoulas in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zdzislaw Majkowski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some careless play in the Tabajara Londrina LBFC defense, Vaggelis Menegakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zdzislaw Majkowski. The Tabajara Londrina LBFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zdzislaw Majkowski should have stopped the shot. In the 10th minute Antonis Ikonomeas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zdzislaw Majkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 11th minute, Hernani Diniz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 13 minutes of play, Green Horses's Dimitris Koukoulas made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zdzislaw Majkowski was left in no man's land by his defense there! 18 minutes into the game, Tabajara Londrina LBFC's Ademar Nunes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Wlodzimierz Rawa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. The supporters of Tabajara Londrina LBFC booed when Green Horses was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonis Ikonomeas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elano Alagoano hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Green Horses's Vaggelis Menegakis got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 27 minutes into the game, Konstantinos D Artagnan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Zdzislaw Majkowski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Kostas Mitseas hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. José Paulo Leme, 31 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Ademar Nunes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 40 minutes into the match, Vaios Petridis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zdzislaw Majkowski. Tabajara Londrina LBFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vaios Petridis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Konstantinos D Artagnan to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Tabajara Londrina LBFC's Enéas Tande got a free kick in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vaggelis Menegakis in the 56th minute of play forced Tabajara Londrina LBFC's goalkeeper Zdzislaw Majkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 played minutes Tabajara Londrina LBFC got a freekick which was hit by Enéas Tande. 58 minutes into the match, Tabajara Londrina LBFC's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitris Koukoulas came free, but Zdzislaw Majkowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Zdzislaw Majkowski managed to avoid a goal in the 61stth minute, when Green Horses's Konstantinos D Artagnan fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 64th minute of the match José Paulo Leme sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wlodzimierz Rawa skillfully saved the ball. A hard shot 66 in the game by Konstantinos D Artagnan from a close distance when the talented Zdzislaw Majkowski managed to make a qualified save. Tabajara Londrina LBFC's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantinos D Artagnan in the 69th minute of play forced Tabajara Londrina LBFC's goalkeeper Zdzislaw Majkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute, one of Green Horses:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Green Horses. 76 minutes into the match, Green Horses's goal looked a bit too open when Enéas Tande came free, but Wlodzimierz Rawa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wlodzimierz Rawa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ademar Nunes, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Ademar Nunes charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ademar Nunes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 88 minutes of play Tabajara Londrina LBFC's Enéas Tande was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Enéas Tande hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match.