U21 World League

Estádio Anjico
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Renan Cunha kicked off to start the match. Franciszek Ochylski was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 11 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 11th minute of the game. One of The White Star WK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Gurdurão:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renan Cunha in the 17th minute of play forced The White Star WK's goalkeeper Zbigniew Nuszkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 28 minutes, João Vítor Dionísio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gurdurão and the The White Star WK players grew even worse after the yellow card. João Vítor Dionísio kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. In the 32nd match minute, The White Star WK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zenon Przybyciel to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Douglas de Amaral in the 33rd minute really tested Zbigniew Nuszkowski's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Gurdurão's Renan Cunha slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zbigniew Nuszkowski. That made the score 1-0 after 38 minutes of play. Zbigniew Nuszkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Renan Cunha in the 45th minute of play. Miroslaw Ankiewicz's late challenge caught a Gurdurão's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miroslaw Ankiewicz helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to The White Star WK getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Miroslaw Ankiewicz hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Beniamin Bochinski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, Gurdurão was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Naldo Viana to maneuver through the defense. Gurdurão's Willian Siqueira quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Kazimierz Lipinski, made in the 71st minute of the game.