U23 World League

Aréna ŠKH
Spectators: 7608 (Terracing: 5707, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 151) Jozef Koštialik started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Meninos De Cotia's Danilo Domingues proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Meninos De Cotia from getting a goal against them. Mao Yu kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Gildo Alvarenga charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gildo Alvarenga the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of ŠK Horelica booed when Meninos De Cotia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gildo Alvarenga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Michel Stocks sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to ŠK Horelica getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Jozef Ondruš hit a great ball. After some careless play in the ŠK Horelica defense, Jeremias Seco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vladimír Žemľa. The ŠK Horelica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vladimír Žemľa should have stopped the shot. Jozef Koštialik struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Danilo Domingues didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ŠK Horelica. Danilo Domingues showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jozef Koštialik in the 28th minute of the match. After 29 minutes, Mao Yu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Meninos De Cotia and the ŠK Horelica players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 33rd minute, Jozef Višňa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Marek Goliáš fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ŠK Horelica's protests and gave Marek Goliáš a yellow card for diving instead. Vladimír Žemľa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeremias Seco in the 36th minute of play. Jozef Višňa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Danilo Domingues having to interfere. Danilo Domingues made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jozef Koštialik in the 44th minute of play. Danilo Domingues took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jozef Koštialik, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jeremias Seco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Jeremias Seco had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 56th match minute, ŠK Horelica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jozef Ondruš to maneuver through the defense. Vladimír Žemľa was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jeremias Seco showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 57 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Jeremias Seco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vladimír Žemľa was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Vilgot Cane charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vilgot Cane the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 66 played minutes Meninos De Cotia got a freekick which was hit by Vilgot Cane. A nice corner shot did that Jozef Ondruš got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Danilo Domingues quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jeremias Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimír Žemľa having to interfere. Martin Futej's late challenge caught a Meninos De Cotia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Martin Futej helped the player get up and apologised. Martin Futej hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Vladimír Žemľa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeremias Seco, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Meninos De Cotia made a substitution. Niceto Lando replaced Jeremias Seco. After 80 minutes ŠK Horelica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Agnaldo Siqueira who took care of the corner kick. After 82 minutes ŠK Horelica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Agnaldo Siqueira who took care of the corner kick. Niceto Lando fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimír Žemľa having to interfere. Vilgot Cane kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Jozef Ondruš missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 96 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Danilo Domingues right hand side. The ŠK Horelica supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Meninos De Cotia's performance. The match ended with a win for Meninos De Cotia.