U23 World League

Arena Ororubá
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gao Zhen Chao started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Pesqueira City defense, Gao Zhen Chao kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ivo de Moraes. The Pesqueira City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ivo de Moraes should have stopped the shot. After 5 minutes, Dušan Zoch mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kukova United and the Pesqueira City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th minute, Dušan Zoch hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ivo de Moraes came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Kukova United's Gao Zhen Chao. But to his dismay, Gao Zhen Chao quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 18 minutes into the match, Pesqueira City's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Galoša came free, but Ivo de Moraes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute, Juraj Bicák made a precise shot to the right of Ivo de Moraes. Pesqueira City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. After some careless play in the Pesqueira City defense, Gao Zhen Chao kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ivo de Moraes. The Pesqueira City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ivo de Moraes should have stopped the shot. 28 minutes into the match, Pesqueira City's goal looked a bit too open when Juraj Bicák came free, but Ivo de Moraes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Pesqueira City defense, Juraj Bicák kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ivo de Moraes. The Pesqueira City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ivo de Moraes should have stopped the shot. Ivo de Moraes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gao Zhen Chao in the 40th minute of play. In the 43rd minute Gao Zhen Chao shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo de Moraes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ivo de Moraes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gao Zhen Chao in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-5 lead.

54 minutes into the match, Pesqueira City's goal looked a bit too open when Gao Zhen Chao came free, but Ivo de Moraes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dito da Cunha kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. 55 minutes into the match, Pavol Halko dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ivo de Moraes, 0-6. Ivo de Moraes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavol Halko in the 60th minute of the match. 0-7 became the score in the 63rd minute when Juraj Bicák elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 67th minute, Kukova United's Gao Zhen Chao ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Ivo de Moraes. Ivo de Moraes yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-8. Kukova United made a substitution. Pedro Manuel Pero replaced Bohuslav Lehotzký. In the 73rd minute of the match, Gao Zhen Chao tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Ivo de Moraes saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Pesqueira City's Ivo de Moraes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gao Zhen Chao in the 75th minute of play. Ivo de Moraes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gao Zhen Chao in the 76th minute of play. In the 78th minute, Juraj Bicák made a precise shot to the right of Ivo de Moraes. Pesqueira City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-9. Kukova United's Matej Bajus was substituted for Juraj Bicák. Ivo de Moraes was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ladislav Tribula showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-10 in the 85 minute of play. Kukova United's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.