U21 World League

Paulopolis
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Rui Baiano started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Rui Baiano in the 9thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ronan Marler, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Hudson Vargas hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. With his leg Ronan Marler managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when Paulopolis's Rui Baiano fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ronan Marler didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Paulopolis's Rui Baiano shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 19th minute Lawrence Banks shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hakim Frémont saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 23 minutes into the game, Hudson Vargas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ronan Marler. Hudson Vargas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. Rui Baiano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ronan Marler having to make a save. Hakim Frémont showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lawrence Banks, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. 33 minutes in the game, Rui Baiano dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. A collision led to Paulopolis getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Mário Simão hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lawrence Banks stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hakim Frémont made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jermaine Brearley in the 53rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Paulopolis's Sílvio Luís Mello got a free kick in the 53rd minute. In the 57th minute, Neil Aldridge hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 59th minute, Lino Meira 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. In the 60th minute, John Hassell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 64th minute, Lino Meira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ronan Marler was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Lawrence Banks kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Chico Andrade might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ronan Marler. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Chico Andrade ran back to his position shaking his head. Hakim Frémont made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lawrence Banks in the 72nd minute. Rui Baiano's late challenge caught a Real Death Ducks's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rui Baiano helped the player get up and apologised. In the 73rd minute, Rui Baiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ronan Marler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rui Baiano in the 80th minute of the match. Ronan Marler showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rui Baiano, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Rui Baiano kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. In the 93rd minute, Agostinho Simão 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. After 94 played minutes Real Death Ducks got a freekick which was hit by Jermaine Brearley. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rui Baiano in the 96th minute of play forced Real Death Ducks's goalkeeper Ronan Marler to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paulopolis's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.