U23 World League

Cats Ground
Spectators: 8496 (Terracing: 6373, Seating: 1954, VIP seats: 169) Dante Rafe started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, Metapalo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel de Andrade came free, but Akşemseddin Taran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 6 minutes into the match, Metapalo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Emanuel de Andrade came free, but Akşemseddin Taran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Metapalo FC's Humberto Rodrigues got a free kick in the 12th minute. Metapalo FC's Akşemseddin Taran proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Metapalo FC from getting a goal against them. Akşemseddin Taran didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 26th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. FURIOZA's Zbigniew Werra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dante Rafe in the 29th minute of play. If Tytus Jaszcz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 36th minute, Emanuel de Andrade left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FURIOZA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After some careless play in the FURIOZA defense, Silvio Jobo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zbigniew Werra. The FURIOZA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zbigniew Werra should have stopped the shot. Fu Ling hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Fu Ling made a kick off. After some careless play in the FURIOZA defense, Tytus Jaszcz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zbigniew Werra. The FURIOZA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zbigniew Werra should have stopped the shot. Humberto Rodrigues hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. In the 59th minute, one of Metapalo FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Metapalo FC. Akşemseddin Taran had in the 60thth minute some difficulties stopping Emanuel de Andrade's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Tytus Jaszcz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zbigniew Werra having to interfere. Emanuel de Andrade's late challenge caught a Metapalo FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emanuel de Andrade helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to FURIOZA getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Emanuel de Andrade hit a great ball. Metapalo FC's Akşemseddin Taran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emanuel de Andrade in the 75th minute of play. In the 77th minute Tytus Jaszcz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zbigniew Werra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 78th minute of the match, Tytus Jaszcz tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Zbigniew Werra saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Akşemseddin Taran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mao Jun Chuan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 86 minutes of play, Metapalo FC's Tytus Jaszcz made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zbigniew Werra was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mao Jun Chuan took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Akşemseddin Taran. Akşemseddin Taran dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-3. 93 minutes into the game, FURIOZA's Emanuel de Andrade nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Akşemseddin Taran made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mao Jun Chuan in the 97th minute of play forced Metapalo FC's goalkeeper Akşemseddin Taran to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Metapalo FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.