U23 World League

Jacuzão
Spectators: 7766 (Terracing: 5826, Seating: 1786, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Edwin McNamara kicked off to start the match. After 7 minutes, Leonard Sjöberg mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Wyoming Cowboys and the Jacuitiba - FSCMZ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 7th minute, Leonard Sjöberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mastur Bandov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eskil Larsson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mastur Bandov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edwin McNamara in the 12th minute of the match. In the 15th minute, Edwin McNamara 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. After a defensive mix-up in Wyoming Cowboys's zone, Hugo Santana stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Philip McNamara came out of the goal and Hugo Santana tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edwin McNamara in the 20th minute of play forced Jacuitiba - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Mastur Bandov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Sven Billock managed to get in a good position for a shot. Wyoming Cowboys's supporters rose to their feet, but Sven Billock was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mastur Bandov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edwin McNamara in the 33rd minute of play forced Jacuitiba - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Mastur Bandov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 33 minutes into the game, Wyoming Cowboys's Edwin McNamara nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mastur Bandov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The audience was convinced that Chi-Chi Kent's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Philip McNamara was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. After 47 played minutes Jacuitiba - FSCMZ got a freekick which was hit by Lou Cura. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hugo Santana was the one to do the kick off. Hugo Santana kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Leif Jespersson's late challenge caught a Jacuitiba - FSCMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leif Jespersson helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Jacuitiba - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Andréas Asplund hit a great ball. 67 minutes into the match, Jacuitiba - FSCMZ's Chi-Chi Kent sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Philip McNamara narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 67th minute, Andréas Asplund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jair Mitov during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Jacuitiba - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Jair Mitov hit a great ball. Leif Jespersson hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. After 78 minutes of play, Jacuitiba - FSCMZ's Chi-Chi Kent made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Philip McNamara was left in no man's land by his defense there! 82 minutes into the game, Wyoming Cowboys's Edwin McNamara nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mastur Bandov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Philip McNamara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hugo Santana in the 87th minute of the match. After 90 played minutes, Jacuitiba - FSCMZ's Yetkin Hekim shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Philip McNamara came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Jacuitiba - FSCMZ reached it. When Leif Jespersson was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 95 minutes had been played. Leif Jespersson hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. Wyoming Cowboys's Philip McNamara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chi-Chi Kent in the 97th minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Wyoming Cowboys walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.