U23 World League

Allianz Zuera Parque
Spectators: 7563 (Terracing: 5673, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) VN BAKITO's Emanuil Rokanov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Emanuil Rokanov 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. Duda Arce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 7 minutes into the game, Cherif Gomez was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zuera Never End MZC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave VN BAKITO the free kick. A collision led to Zuera Never End MZC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Cherif Gomez hit a great ball. VN BAKITO's Stavri Minovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oscar Prestes in the 11th minute of play. After a rather tough play, VN BAKITO's Rostislav Benov got a free kick in the 16th minute. Santo Everton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Milan Karaleev in the 19th minute of play. After a rather tough play, VN BAKITO's Petko Strilyov got a free kick in the 22nd minute. In the 23rd minute, a hard, long distance shot from Oscar Prestes hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. Válter Figueiredo came free with the goalkeeper in the 24th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Stavri Minovski could save by the left post. In the 38th minute Rostislav Benov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santo Everton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Zuera Never End MZC getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Válter Figueiredo hit a great ball. 41 minutes into the game, Rui Coutinho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zuera Never End MZC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave VN BAKITO the free kick. After 41 played minutes Zuera Never End MZC got a freekick which was hit by Rui Coutinho. The audience was convinced that Emanuil Rokanov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Santo Everton was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. After the first half VN BAKITO were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Faas Marsal made the kick off in the second half. Santo Everton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milan Karaleev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cherif Gomez kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. During the 68th minute of the match Cherif Gomez completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Cherif Gomez a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After 68 played minutes Zuera Never End MZC got a freekick which was hit by Cherif Gomez. Santo Everton acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 69th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Stoyadin Axentiev. Santo Everton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rostislav Benov in the 74th minute of play. Santo Everton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuil Rokanov in the 79th minute of the match. Milan Karaleev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Santo Everton having to interfere. Stavri Minovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oscar Prestes, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Milan Karaleev in the 91st minute of play forced Zuera Never End MZC's goalkeeper Santo Everton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 91 played minutes Zuera Never End MZC got a freekick which was hit by Manoel Botelho. Santo Everton came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by VN BAKITO's Emanuil Rokanov. But to his dismay, Emanuil Rokanov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. When the match was over VN BAKITO could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Zuera Never End MZC throughout the match.