U21 World League

Maracana
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alvaro Niguel kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Huckebein getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Lorenzo Cuartio hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Edward Brack's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Camilo Gagriel was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. After 6 minutes, Silvestre Gonza mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Huckebein and the 11ABRASIL players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 7 played minutes Huckebein got a freekick which was hit by Silvestre Gonza. Hieronim Jaroch kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Huckebein defense, Filip Dylla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Camilo Gagriel. The Huckebein fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Camilo Gagriel should have stopped the shot. Igor Cichowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Cichowski in the 18th minute of play forced Huckebein's goalkeeper Camilo Gagriel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alvaro Niguel took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Norbert Matela. Norbert Matela dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. In the 28th match minute, 11ABRASIL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Cichowski to maneuver through the defense. In the 30th minute, Samuel Gorbea made a precise shot to the right of Norbert Matela. 11ABRASIL's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Edward Brack received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Camilo Gagriel came out and tried to block the shot, but Edward Brack slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 33rd minute. Luisito Luzaide kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Norbert Matela showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvaro Niguel, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 45 minutes into the game, Huckebein's Samuel Gorbea nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Norbert Matela made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kazimierz Skaradoski to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, 11ABRASIL's Rafal Radzyminski got a free kick in the 53rd minute. 11ABRASIL's defense didn't have a chance, in the 63rd minute, when Alvaro Niguel scored to the left of an out of position Norbert Matela, making the score, 2-4. After 67 played minutes Huckebein got a freekick which was hit by Angelino Ixona. When Rafal Radzyminski fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 11ABRASIL's protests and gave Rafal Radzyminski a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to 11ABRASIL getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Rafal Radzyminski hit a great ball. In the 72nd minute, Igor Cichowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvaro Niguel in the 75th minute of play forced 11ABRASIL's goalkeeper Norbert Matela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 76 played minutes 11ABRASIL got a freekick which was hit by Igor Cichowski. Norbert Matela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alvaro Niguel in the 79th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Huckebein's Alvaro Niguel slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Norbert Matela. That made the score 2-5 after 81 minutes of play. Norbert Matela was out of position in the 91 minute of play, and Alvaro Niguel capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alvaro Niguel really showed his touch with that goal: 2-6. In a very dangerous position, a player in Huckebein fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 95th minute. Penalty! Hieronim Jaroch shot the penalty kick right outside the post.