U23 World League

Blackwater Park
Spectators: 7710 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bob Chute made the kick off which started today's match. Gilbert Brandt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Wágner Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fabien Lafont showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valério Peres, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After 8 minutes, Ove Dahlqvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Panopticon 04 and the Misericordia EC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 8 played minutes Panopticon 04 got a freekick which was hit by Ove Dahlqvist. Gilbert Brandt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Wágner Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Valério Peres hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Tiberiu Tatomir could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Wágner Ribeiro made a huge save. Wágner Ribeiro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tiberiu Tatomir's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. With a little luck, Misericordia EC's Wágner Ribeiro got control of the ball when Gilbert Brandt tried to sneak it across the goal line. Wágner Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiberiu Tatomir in the 43rd minute of the match. Gilbert Brandts short, quick shot in the 44thth minute got Wágner Ribeiro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Gilbert Brandt who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 47thth minute tested the skills of Wágner Ribeiro when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tiberiu Tatomir made a kick off. Wágner Ribeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilbert Brandt in the 52nd minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Misericordia EC's goal looked a bit too open when Tiberiu Tatomir came free, but Wágner Ribeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Tiberiu Tatomir's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wágner Ribeiro was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Wágner Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiberiu Tatomir in the 67th minute of the match. Tiberiu Tatomir succeeded in the game's 68th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Luís Eduardo Amaral's late challenge caught a Panopticon 04's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luís Eduardo Amaral helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Misericordia EC's Luís Eduardo Amaral got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Misericordia EC's Wágner Ribeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilbert Brandt in the 76th minute of play. Misericordia EC's Wágner Ribeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilbert Brandt in the 79th minute of play. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 3-0 when Gilbert Brandt sped through Misericordia EC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Wágner Ribeiro. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gilbert Brandt in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Wágner Ribeiro saved Misericordia EC from getting behind. Bob Maravilha kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Panopticon 04's Tiberiu Tatomir got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.