U23 World League

Zujūnai Stadium
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rimas Labutis made the kick off which started today's match. Rimas Labutis charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rimas Labutis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Geležinis Vilkas's Rimas Labutis got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arlindo Teixeira in the 12th minute of play. Abutres 2003 FDP's Arlindo Teixeira got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinho Pernambucano in the 21st minute of play forced Geležinis Vilkas's goalkeeper Aldas Saulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Arlindo Teixeira notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis. Aldas Saulis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 28th minute, Rimas Labutis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Romualdas Karalius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Caio da Costa having to interfere. Aldas Saulis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Claudinho Pernambucano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aldas Saulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arlindo Teixeira in the 42nd minute of the match. In the 44th minute, Cristóvão de Salles ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aldas Saulis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The Geležinis Vilkas players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Abutres 2003 FDP were winning 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Murillo Bittencourt made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Geležinis Vilkas's goal looked a bit too open when Adalberto Mandrak came free, but Aldas Saulis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 53rd minute, Cristóvão de Salles ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aldas Saulis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Through an outstanding action, after 59 minutes, Aldas Saulis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Cristóvão de Salles had several of the Geležinis Vilkas's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 64 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-4 score and a disappointed Aldas Saulis as he didn't even see the shot coming. Erik Donatello took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aldas Saulis. Aldas Saulis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 71st minute of the game. One of Geležinis Vilkas:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Abutres 2003 FDP:s goal. In the 73rd minute, Abutres 2003 FDP got a penalty, and Erik Donatello placed the ball unsaveable into goal, by the right post. Redas Merkelis kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Geležinis Vilkas's Naglis Sireikis got a free kick in the 79th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Claudinho Pernambucano kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aldas Saulis. That made the score 0-7 in the 83 minute of play. A collision led to Abutres 2003 FDP getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Geraldo Queirós hit a great ball. In the 98th minute Murillo Bittencourt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldas Saulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.