U23 World League

Arena ASAC
Spectators: 7705 (Terracing: 5780, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kong Jing Kun started the match with the kick off. After 5 played minutes Los Galacticos got a freekick which was hit by Kong Jing Kun. Juliane Álvarez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zhu Xi having to interfere. In the 12th minute of the match, Juliane Álvarez got a very nice opportunity to score, but Zhu Xi was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 20th minute, Vingadores F.C U23's Juliane Álvarez dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Elói Donato sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 42 minutes into the match, Juliane Álvarez had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zhu Xi. Los Galacticos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Juliane Álvarez was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. 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.

With a little luck, Vingadores F.C U23's Juliusz Kaczeniak got control of the ball when Qi Chen Yuan tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juliane Álvarez in the 56th minute of play forced Los Galacticos's goalkeeper Zhu Xi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Juliane Álvarez in the 61st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zhu Xi prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 65th minute Juliane Álvarez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zhu Xi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Juliusz Kaczeniak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qi Chen Yuan in the 66th minute of the match. Zhu Xi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juliane Álvarez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 78 minutes Los Galacticos's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luiz Fábio Dantas who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Zoltán Kocsis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Zhu Xi quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Zhu Chong Ao hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Zhu Xi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juliane Álvarez in the 82nd minute of the match. Zhu Xi came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Vingadores F.C U23's Juliane Álvarez. But to his dismay, Juliane Álvarez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. 86 minutes into the match, Vingadores F.C U23's Juliane Álvarez sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zhu Xi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. If Marcinho Moreira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bebeto Branco blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zhu Xi having to make a save. Zhu Xi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bebeto Branco in the 91st minute of play. When Zhu Chong Ao fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Los Galacticos's protests and gave Zhu Chong Ao a yellow card for diving instead. Zhu Chong Ao hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Zhu Xi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juliane Álvarez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vingadores F.C U23's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.