U23 World League

The Dribbel Arena
Spectators: 7975 (Terracing: 5983, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cafu Silveira made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, PIRATAS TFP's Cássio Furtado got a free kick in the 5th minute. Elano Toledo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qin Fei Chao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elano Toledo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mikolaj Ratulowski went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 22nd minute, Cafu Silveira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jorge Caetano was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. After 28 played minutes Zero Gravity got a freekick which was hit by Filiberto Bernebe. In the 31stth minute of the game Robbin De Ruyter who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PIRATAS TFP's Elano Toledo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jorge Caetano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandre da Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Jacobus Sommers made in the 34th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by PIRATAS TFP's Régis Urbano. When Cafu Silveira came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the PIRATAS TFP fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Cafu Silveira couldn't finish the play. Elano Toledo made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Robbin De Ruyter sent off a good shot on target. After 45 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Zero Gravity! Zero Gravity:s Jorge Caetano showed great skill when he stopped Régis Urbano:s penalty.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Robbin De Ruyter to strike the kick off in the second half. Elano Toledo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Qin Fei Chao in the 54th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by João Vítor de Medeiros during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 56th minute, Robbin De Ruyter left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zero Gravity fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Elano Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filiberto Bernebe, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Elano Toledo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robbin De Ruyter in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Qin Fei Chao made a precise shot to the right of Elano Toledo. PIRATAS TFP's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. In the 72nd minute, PIRATAS TFP's Cássio Furtado seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Cássio Furtado the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of PIRATAS TFP protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Cássio Furtado had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Elano Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacobus Sommers, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. PIRATAS TFP's Elano Toledo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 79th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wawrzyniec Iwanowski in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Elano Toledo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some careless play in the PIRATAS TFP defense, Wawrzyniec Iwanowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elano Toledo. The PIRATAS TFP fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elano Toledo should have stopped the shot. In the 87th minute, Régis Urbano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Filiberto Bernebe took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Elano Toledo. Elano Toledo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-1. When Zero Gravity's Wawrzyniec Iwanowski in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PIRATAS TFP's goalie prevented a goal. In the 95th match minute, Zero Gravity was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filiberto Bernebe to maneuver through the defense. Zero Gravity walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.