U23 World League

Estadio Aroeira
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) 3 minutes into the match, MZ Fénix's goal looked a bit too open when Yanne Callaerts came free, but Delfim Vilas Boas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lázaro Oliveira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emanuel Neuer read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 5th minute of play. Wilson Pestana fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Emanuel Neuer having to interfere. MZ Fénix's Lázaro Oliveira got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 15 minutes, Wilson Pestana mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MZ Fénix and the Real Unión CF players grew even worse after the yellow card. After recieving a nice pass, Real Unión CF's Lavdi Eminaj tried to score from far away in the 16th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lu Hai Cheng during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 18th minute, Lu Hai Cheng hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. MZ Fénix's Lázaro Oliveira got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 22nd minute, Lázaro Oliveira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Emanuel Neuer was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Lázaro Oliveira's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Emanuel Neuer read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. Lu Hai Cheng made in the 27th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Gutierre Chamorro immediately put the ball in play. Delfim Vilas Boas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Odilon Rozano, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the game, Lázaro Oliveira recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Emanuel Neuer. Lázaro Oliveira showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. Real Unión CF's Emanuel Neuer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Real Unión CF from getting a goal against them. Lavdi Eminaj made a great header on Real Unión CF's corner, it was just that MZ Fénix's Delfim Vilas Boas managed to reach the ball for a save. MZ Fénix's Lázaro Oliveira got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 42nd minute, Lázaro Oliveira 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. Lázaro Oliveira took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emanuel Neuer. Emanuel Neuer dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Lázaro Oliveira made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Lázaro Oliveira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Neuer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Real Unión CF's Xulian Curro got a free kick in the 62nd minute. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Lázaro Oliveira put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Emanuel Neuer. If Carlos Castelo Branco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Delfim Vilas Boas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yanne Callaerts in the 73rd minute of play. In the last second Delfim Vilas Boas throw himself and got hold of the ball when Yanne Callaerts in the 73rdth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Lu Hai Cheng made in the 76th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Castulo Quiroga. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gutierre Chamorro in the 80th minute of play forced MZ Fénix's goalkeeper Delfim Vilas Boas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Real Unión CF's Joaquim Valdueza was substituted for Sandalio Urquiaga. Delfim Vilas Boas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yanne Callaerts in the 94th minute of play. MZ Fénix's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.