U21 World League

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Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dimitri Payet started the match with the kick off. Luizão Perez hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Luizão Perez kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Wiliam Palmeira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wiliam Palmeira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 34th minute Walery Fleszar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fabien Barthez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Fabien Barthez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Walery Fleszar in the 36th minute of play. When Walery Fleszar fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rega Merida CF's protests and gave Walery Fleszar a yellow card for diving instead. In the 37th match minute, Rega Merida CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Walery Fleszar to maneuver through the defense. 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Walery Fleszar made a kick off. If Mariusz Ciupierdo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 59 minutes into the match, ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's goal looked a bit too open when Walery Fleszar came free, but Fabien Barthez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dimitri Payet got free with Hieronim Rekowski in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pocho Citko hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Wiliam Palmeira's late challenge caught a Rega Merida CF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Wiliam Palmeira helped the player get up and apologised. In the 70th match minute, ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wiliam Palmeira to maneuver through the defense. Rega Merida CF's Klement Soroka was substituted for Walery Fleszar. Wiliam Palmeira hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's zone, Mariusz Ciupierdo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabien Barthez came out of the goal and Mariusz Ciupierdo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Pocho Citko hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Rega Merida CF's Hieronim Rekowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Rega Merida CF from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Rega Merida CF's Hieronim Rekowski got control of the ball when Dimitri Payet tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 96 minutes, Luizão Perez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ and the Rega Merida CF players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 96th match minute, ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luizão Perez to maneuver through the defense. The ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Rega Merida CF from taking control. The game ends in a draw.