U21 World League

Arena Cedro
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marko Bagnyuk took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute, Ciro Toledo made a precise shot to the right of Dmytro Mykulyak. F.C. SPERANTZA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Dmytro Mykulyak made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roger Costa in the 10th minute. F.C. SPERANTZA's Dmytro Mykulyak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save F.C. SPERANTZA from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Vasyl Vovk managed to get in a good position for a shot. F.C. SPERANTZA's supporters rose to their feet, but Vasyl Vovk was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hélder Severo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 20 minutes into the match, F.C. SPERANTZA's goalkeeper Dmytro Mykulyak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nelsinho Cunha. In the 21st minute, Roger Costa 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. Marko Bagnyuk struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Hélder Severo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for F.C. SPERANTZA. After 24 minutes of play, F.C. SPERANTZA's Arkhyp Pyatov made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hélder Severo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hélder Severo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marko Bagnyuk in the 43rd minute of play. Roger Costa's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dmytro Mykulyak firmly grabbed it by the left post. F.C. SPERANTZA's defense didn't have a chance, in the 47th minute, when Dito Xavier scored to the left of an out of position Dmytro Mykulyak, making the score, 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roger Costa to make the kick off. Dmytro Mykulyak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roger Costa in the 54th minute of play. A collision led to São José City - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Ciro Toledo hit a great ball. Bogdan Sokyrka could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Hélder Severo made a huge save. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 65th minute of the game. One of F.C. SPERANTZA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of São José City - FSCMZ:s goal. In the 68th minute there was a penalty for São José City - FSCMZ. Luiz Paulo Leão stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Dmytro Mykulyak. 3-1. Dmytro Mykulyak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roger Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Roger Costa scored 4-1 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dmytro Mykulyak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dmytro Mykulyak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roger Costa in the 80th minute of the match. In the 94th minute, Ciro Toledo 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 95th minute, Gennadiy Prokopovych hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Olexiy Gunchak kicked well hit freekick during the 98th minute of the match. São José City - FSCMZ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.