U21 World League

Caveirão Stadium
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rony Meira made the kick off which started today's match. Marcelo Alves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ben-Ami Amran went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Through an outstanding action, after 13 minutes, Armen Werthein successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The corner ended in Fred Cruz almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but G.R.'s Armen Werthein did a great save. In the 20thth minute of the game Janko Kaplan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mayhem Sharks's Marcelo Alves was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 29th minute Janko Kaplan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Alves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcelo Alves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jedd Dotan, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. After 32 played minutes Mayhem Sharks got a freekick which was hit by Rony Meira. The supporters of Mayhem Sharks booed when G.R. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tamuz Kedem didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mayhem Sharks's Marcelo Alves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ben-Ami Amran in the 36th minute of play. 38 minutes into the game, G.R.'s Yoash Coppel nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcelo Alves made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Janko Kaplan in the 42nd minute of play forced Mayhem Sharks's goalkeeper Marcelo Alves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jett Sonnenfeld in the 45th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Janko Kaplan in the 46th minute of play forced Mayhem Sharks's goalkeeper Marcelo Alves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Janko Kaplan to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Yuval Laban left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The G.R. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Edgard Neto kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute, Dagoberto Dantas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dagoberto Dantas during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 66th minute, Dagoberto Dantas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute Zion Mauda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Alves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. G.R.'s Yuval Laban came free and shot a quick shot against goal 70 minutes in the game, fortunately Marcelo Alves had problems saving as it came toward the left post. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Janko Kaplan during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to G.R. getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Janko Kaplan hit a great ball. Marcelo Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jedd Dotan in the 80th minute of play. With a little luck, Mayhem Sharks's Marcelo Alves got control of the ball when Yuval Laban tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as G.R.'s Janko Kaplan slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marcelo Alves. That made the score 0-6 after 85 minutes of play. 90 minutes into the match, Yoash Coppel notched a goal, 0-7, to the right of Mayhem Sharks's Marcelo Alves. Marcelo Alves was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mayhem Sharks's attentive Dagoberto Dantas managed to snatch the ball when Gibor Shechter made a throw-in in the 94th minute of the game. Yuval Laban received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marcelo Alves came out and tried to block the shot, but Yuval Laban slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 96th minute. G.R. played a much better game than Mayhem Sharks and deserved their victory. The Mayhem Sharks players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.