U23 World League

Arena EDI
Spectators: 7655 (Terracing: 5743, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Hortêncio Passos kicked off to start the match. If František Balog had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Caco Mota could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Nic Nedal made a huge save. Yuri Lago showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Krejsa in the 8th minute of the match. Potomci Dwayna Dibleyho's Nic Nedal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Belmiro Sanches in the 9th minute of play. EDI MZB's Belmiro Sanches got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 16th minute, František Balog ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yuri Lago was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Konstantin Pospěch hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. 24 minutes into the match, Potomci Dwayna Dibleyho's goalkeeper Nic Nedal had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hortêncio Passos. In the 30th minute, EDI MZB's Belmiro Sanches dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantin Pospěch in the 35th minute of play forced EDI MZB's goalkeeper Yuri Lago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geovani Mandrak hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Yuri Lago took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from František Balog, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yuri Lago took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from František Balog, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. David Andrade's late challenge caught a Potomci Dwayna Dibleyho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. David Andrade helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Potomci Dwayna Dibleyho booed when EDI MZB was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Andrade didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for František Balog to strike the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Evandro Maia during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 54 played minutes EDI MZB got a freekick which was hit by Evandro Maia. In the 58th minute, Leonel Leão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Potomci Dwayna Dibleyho's František Balog tried to score from far away in the 59th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Yuri Lago showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Krejsa in the 61st minute of the match. In the 63rd match minute, EDI MZB was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sidnei Fernandez to maneuver through the defense. Hynek Rytíř took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Yuri Lago. Yuri Lago dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. EDI MZB's Yuri Lago proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save EDI MZB from getting a goal against them. Alois Maňásek shot from long distance in the 82nd minute, but Yuri Lago was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. If Evandro Maia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Evandro Maia hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. EDI MZB's Yuri Lago played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Krejsa in the 92nd minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Potomci Dwayna Dibleyho left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than EDI MZB.