U23 World League

ARENA
Spectators: 7802 (Terracing: 5853, Seating: 1794, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cássio Paes started the match with the kick off. Tibau De Jaeger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Edmílson Britto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edmílson Britto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pascal Bults in the 5th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as MK Investments's Waclaw Poremba slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Edmílson Britto. That made the score 1-0 after 9 minutes of play. In the 11th minute, Jimmie Cai hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edmílson Britto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Waclaw Poremba's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. In the 21st minute of the match, Pascal Bults tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Edmílson Britto saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 31st minute, Ferdinant Davids hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Trindade Atlético Club's Edmílson Britto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Trindade Atlético Club from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Waclaw Poremba got free with Edmílson Britto in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Edu Nóbrega fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Trindade Atlético Club's protests and gave Edu Nóbrega a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Trindade Atlético Club getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Edu Nóbrega hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 36 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Pascal Bults sped through Trindade Atlético Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Edmílson Britto. Tibau De Jaeger sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Trindade Atlético Club getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Angelo Netto hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Waclaw Poremba's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Edmílson Britto was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Edmílson Britto was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Domenik Hoffhuis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 46 minute of play.

Gert Cales hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 65th minute, Fabiano Lopez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute Waclaw Poremba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmílson Britto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 68 played minutes Trindade Atlético Club got a freekick which was hit by Angelo Netto. Edmílson Britto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Domenik Hoffhuis in the 72nd minute of the match. After 74 minutes, Luís Fábio Carvalho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trindade Atlético Club and the MK Investments players grew even worse after the yellow card. 76 minutes into the match, Trindade Atlético Club's goal looked a bit too open when Pascal Bults came free, but Edmílson Britto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domenik Hoffhuis in the 80th minute of play forced Trindade Atlético Club's goalkeeper Edmílson Britto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edmílson Britto came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by MK Investments's Domenik Hoffhuis. But to his dismay, Domenik Hoffhuis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Pascal Bults succeeded in the game's 85th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 6-0. Trindade Atlético Club's Edmílson Britto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tibau De Jaeger in the 88th minute of play. The supporters of MK Investments booed when Trindade Atlético Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edu Nóbrega didn't get a good kick on the ball. Domenik Hoffhuis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmílson Britto having to interfere. MK Investments's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.