U23 World League

Chapadão
Spectators: 7952 (Terracing: 5965, Seating: 1829, VIP seats: 158) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Augustin Ştefănuţ started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, BlueLionesse's Zhuang Quan got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Tomé Montenegro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augustin Ştefănuţ in the 7th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Augustin Ştefănuţ sped through Ferreira Lopes MZC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tomé Montenegro. In the 16th match minute, BlueLionesse was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kılıçhan Ekici to maneuver through the defense. Jonas Hermansson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldo Alcântara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Augustin Ştefănuţ struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Tomé Montenegro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for BlueLionesse. With a little luck, BlueLionesse's Jonas Hermansson got control of the ball when Ronaldo Alcântara tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ferreira Lopes MZC's Tomé Montenegro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augustin Ştefănuţ in the 26th minute of play. Ronaldo Alcântara's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jonas Hermansson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 31st minute of play. A collision led to Ferreira Lopes MZC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Dário Martins hit a great ball. In the 34thth minute of the game Augustin Ştefănuţ who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ferreira Lopes MZC's Tomé Montenegro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. BlueLionesse were awarded a corner in the 35th minute after Ferreira Lopes MZC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Kılıçhan Ekici took the corner. Kılıçhan Ekici made a great header on BlueLionesse's corner, it was just that Ferreira Lopes MZC's Tomé Montenegro managed to reach the ball for a save. Ferreira Lopes MZC's Tomé Montenegro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Augustin Ştefănuţ in the 37th minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Ferreira Lopes MZC's goal looked a bit too open when Augustin Ştefănuţ came free, but Tomé Montenegro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Dário Martins made a kick off. If Ronaldo Alcântara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When BlueLionesse's Augustin Ştefănuţ in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ferreira Lopes MZC's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Augustin Ştefănuţ's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tomé Montenegro was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. 61 minutes into the match, Ferreira Lopes MZC's goal looked a bit too open when Augustin Ştefănuţ came free, but Tomé Montenegro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zhuang Quan during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Zhuang Quan hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Jonas Hermansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldo Alcântara in the 67th minute of the match. Jonas Hermansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronaldo Alcântara in the 67th minute of the match. In the 69th minute, Zhuang Quan 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. Tomé Montenegro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Amedeo Melis in the 71st minute. The crowd rose to their feet as BlueLionesse's Amedeo Melis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Tomé Montenegro. That made the score 0-3 after 71 minutes of play. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ferreira Lopes MZC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kılıçhan Ekici was slow to take the kick. During this time BlueLionesse's players had a chance to rest. When Pompiliu Minea fell near the penalty area in the 79th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BlueLionesse's protests and gave Pompiliu Minea a yellow card for diving instead. In the 79th match minute, BlueLionesse was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pompiliu Minea to maneuver through the defense. Jiang Zhi Ling took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tomé Montenegro. Tomé Montenegro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. When BlueLionesse's Huang Shu in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ferreira Lopes MZC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 88th minute of the match BlueLionesse got a corner. Ferreira Lopes MZC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kılıçhan Ekici ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Amedeo Melis heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Huang Shu who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 91stth minute tested the skills of Tomé Montenegro when he managed to save the team from getting behind. A well placed Huang Shu short distance shot in the 93rd minute ended with a hard ball which without a chance for the goalkeeper went staright up into the goalkeepers left cross. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched BlueLionesse eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.