U23 World League

Evergreen Park
Spectators: 7687 (Terracing: 5766, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Niceto Gagriel kicked off to start the match. Kristijonas Juzonis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carolo Urki, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 8th minute, Niceto Gagriel 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. Deividas Gedgaudas charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Deividas Gedgaudas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Deividas Gedgaudas hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Hexo Utd's Kristijonas Juzonis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carolo Urki in the 13th minute of play. After some careless play in the Hexo Utd defense, Carolo Urki kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kristijonas Juzonis. The Hexo Utd fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kristijonas Juzonis should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Carolo Urki managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cercadinho's supporters rose to their feet, but Carolo Urki was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kristijonas Juzonis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 29th minute, Liutauras Rimkevičius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st minute, Carolo Urki ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kristijonas Juzonis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Jailson Mazza hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Hexo Utd's zone, Niceto Gagriel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kristijonas Juzonis came out of the goal and Niceto Gagriel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Everton Ribeiro charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Everton Ribeiro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Everton Ribeiro hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Kristijonas Juzonis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carolo Urki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kristijonas Juzonis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Niceto Gagriel in the 44th minute of the match. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hexo Utd's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ricardinho Sousa was slow to take the kick. During this time Cercadinho's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Cercadinho's Carolo Urki to fire away a dangerous shot which Kristijonas Juzonis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Liutauras Rimkevičius to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Hexo Utd's goal looked a bit too open when Carolo Urki came free, but Kristijonas Juzonis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kristijonas Juzonis stood somewhat misplaced when Carolo Urki came free in front of goal and shot 0-3 to the left of him in the 55 minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Niceto Gagriel managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cercadinho's supporters rose to their feet, but Niceto Gagriel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kristijonas Juzonis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kristijonas Juzonis made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Carolo Urki sent off a good shot on target. Kristijonas Juzonis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carolo Urki in the 70th minute of play. After 74 played minutes Cercadinho got a freekick which was hit by Ricardinho Sousa. Thanks to some nice moves Carolo Urki could shoot a difficult shot in the 76th minute, which Kristijonas Juzonis however easily saved by the left post. After 77 played minutes Cercadinho got a freekick which was hit by Enrique Gerber. A collision led to Cercadinho getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. He Fei Zhou hit a great ball. Margiris Kerpauskas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hexo Utd's Kristijonas Juzonis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carolo Urki in the 89th minute of play. Dong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Margiris Kerpauskas, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The Hexo Utd supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Cercadinho's performance. The match ended with a win for Cercadinho.