U23 World League

Maracaná
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) Filip Makedonski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Anacleto Ioritz kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Brasil off's Casimiro Firmin got a free kick in the 7th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fabricio Flores in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zafir Djurovski saved Wonderkids from getting behind. 14 minutes into the match, Brasil off's goal looked a bit too open when Riste Lazarevski came free, but Laureano Guillelmo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fabricio Flores got free with Zafir Djurovski in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 18th match minute, Brasil off was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lei Xiong Zhan to maneuver through the defense. Laureano Guillelmo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Riste Lazarevski in the 19th minute of the match. Laureano Guillelmo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Riste Lazarevski in the 20th minute of play. Zafir Djurovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Casimiro Firmin, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Wonderkids's Zafir Djurovski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Wonderkids from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Brasil off getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Fabricio Flores hit a great ball. In the 32ndth minute of the game Fabricio Flores who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Wonderkids's Zafir Djurovski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 35 minutes of play, Wonderkids's Filip Makedonski made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Laureano Guillelmo was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Brasil off getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Casimiro Firmin hit a great ball. Fabricio Flores received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zafir Djurovski came out and tried to block the shot, but Fabricio Flores slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 39th minute. In the 45th match minute, Wonderkids was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andon Mihailovski to maneuver through the defense. Brasil off's Lei Xiong Zhan couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 46th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Wonderkids. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anacleto Ioritz to strike the kick off in the second half. Andon Mihailovski made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Brasil off's Natalio Vistruario. After having played for 59 minutes, Fabricio Flores managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Brasil off's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fabricio Flores was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Laureano Guillelmo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Riste Lazarevski in the 66th minute. In the 68thth minute of the game Fabricio Flores who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Wonderkids's Zafir Djurovski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Riste Lazarevski got free with Laureano Guillelmo in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 71 minutes of play, Brasil off's Anacleto Ioritz made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zafir Djurovski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Brasil off's Laureano Guillelmo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Riste Lazarevski in the 74th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabricio Flores in the 77th minute of play forced Wonderkids's goalkeeper Zafir Djurovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Wonderkids's goal looked a bit too open when Fabricio Flores came free, but Zafir Djurovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute Fabricio Flores shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zafir Djurovski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Laureano Guillelmo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filip Makedonski in the 89th minute of the match. When Brasil off's Fabricio Flores in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Wonderkids's goalie prevented a goal. The Brasil off players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.