U23 World League

Gora Park
Spectators: 7804 (Terracing: 5854, Seating: 1795, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zhuo Cheng Xiang kicked off to start the match. Enio Palmeira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fabrício Rocha hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute of the match Baba Baadgaards sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vânderson Botelho skillfully saved the ball. After 17 played minutes Warriors of Gora™'s Radoslav Krneta stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Vânderson Botelho stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Pereiras FC of the goal. 19 minutes into the match, Warriors of Gora™'s Momčilo Zafirović sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vânderson Botelho narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 26 minutes into the match, Pereiras FC's goal looked a bit too open when Baba Baadgaards came free, but Vânderson Botelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 28th minute, Momčilo Zafirović made a precise shot to the right of Vânderson Botelho. Pereiras FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After 32 minutes of play, Warriors of Gora™'s Momčilo Zafirović made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vânderson Botelho was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldo Isidoro in the 34th minute of play forced Warriors of Gora™'s goalkeeper Charles Müller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pereiras FC's Vânderson Botelho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radoslav Krneta in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pereiras FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Baba Baadgaards was slow to take the kick. During this time Warriors of Gora™'s players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Baba Baadgaards almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pereiras FC's Vânderson Botelho did a great save. 38 minutes into the match, Warriors of Gora™'s goal looked a bit too open when Zhuo Cheng Xiang came free, but Charles Müller reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vânderson Botelho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zvonimir Krstanović in the 42nd minute of the match. Vânderson Botelho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radoslav Krneta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Warriors of Gora™'s Radoslav Krneta got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Momčilo Zafirović in the 56th minute of play forced Pereiras FC's goalkeeper Vânderson Botelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 60 minutes into the game, Enio Palmeira was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pereiras FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Warriors of Gora™ the free kick. After 60 played minutes Pereiras FC got a freekick which was hit by Enio Palmeira. Momčilo Zafirović recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Vânderson Botelho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Baba Baadgaards in the 63rd minute of the match. Vânderson Botelho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Momčilo Zafirović in the 65th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Momčilo Zafirović in the 67th minute of play forced Pereiras FC's goalkeeper Vânderson Botelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vânderson Botelho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Momčilo Zafirović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vânderson Botelho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Momčilo Zafirović, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 75 minutes into the game, Luís Guilherme Trancoso was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pereiras FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Warriors of Gora™ the free kick. Luís Guilherme Trancoso hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zhuo Cheng Xiang got free with Charles Müller in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Momčilo Zafirović had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronaldo Isidoro in the 85th minute of play forced Warriors of Gora™'s goalkeeper Charles Müller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 87 minutes, Radoslav Krneta managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Warriors of Gora™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Radoslav Krneta was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Momčilo Zafirović in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vânderson Botelho saved Pereiras FC from getting behind. Warriors of Gora™'s Charles Müller played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldo Isidoro in the 91st minute of play. Warriors of Gora™'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.