U23 World League

Estádio Ronaldo
Spectators: 7107 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1340, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Adalbert Oblakov kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute Christian Urbano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo Amaral saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Adalbert Oblakov came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Julias Rascals Apeldoorn fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Adalbert Oblakov couldn't finish the play. Real Cruzeiro FC's Ivo Amaral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adalbert Oblakov in the 14th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Adalbert Oblakov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ivo Amaral was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. In the 18th minute, Joop van der Schaaf made a precise shot to the right of Ivo Amaral. Real Cruzeiro FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Ivo Amaral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adalbert Oblakov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Real Cruzeiro FC getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Belmiro Urbano hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Real Cruzeiro FC defense, Adalbert Oblakov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ivo Amaral. The Real Cruzeiro FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ivo Amaral should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Julias Rascals Apeldoorn booed when Real Cruzeiro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Falcão Mendes didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Adalbert Oblakov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ivo Amaral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ab Berends, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Christian Urbano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 45 minutes into the game, Christian Urbano cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Ivo Amaral was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-5.

After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Gerard Boschker managed to get in a good position for a shot. Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's supporters rose to their feet, but Gerard Boschker was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ivo Amaral breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ivo Amaral made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Urbano in the 55th minute of play. In the 56th match minute, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentin Szegh to maneuver through the defense. When Júnior Salles came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the Real Cruzeiro FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Júnior Salles couldn't finish the play. In the 66th match minute, Real Cruzeiro FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Júnior Salles to maneuver through the defense. In the 73rd minute, Gonçalo Sarmento left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Real Cruzeiro FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. Ivo Amaral made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Adalbert Oblakov sent off a good shot on target. 79 minutes into the match, Real Cruzeiro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adalbert Oblakov came free, but Ivo Amaral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Adalbert Oblakov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ivo Amaral. Real Cruzeiro FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adalbert Oblakov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-7. Ivo Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Urbano in the 82nd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Christian Urbano kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ivo Amaral. That made the score 1-8 in the 84 minute of play. After 87 minutes of play, Julias Rascals Apeldoorn's Adalbert Oblakov made it 1-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ivo Amaral was left in no man's land by his defense there! Adalbert Oblakov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 93 minutes into the match, Gerard Boschker notched a goal, 1-10, to the right of Real Cruzeiro FC's Ivo Amaral. Ivo Amaral was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gonçalo Sarmento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Pieter Beuk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Julias Rascals Apeldoorn left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Real Cruzeiro FC.