U23 World League

Caveirão Stadium
Spectators: 7540 (Terracing: 5656, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rony Meira started the match with the kick off. Marcelo Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zachary Parzysz in the 5th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Mayhem Sharks's Dito Lopes got a free kick in the 6th minute. If Osmar Motta had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 10th minute, Zachary Parzysz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GNK Dinamo Zagreb™ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. When GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Zachary Parzysz in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mayhem Sharks's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gordan Kordić in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marcelo Alves prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 20 minutes into the match, Zachary Parzysz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcelo Alves. Mayhem Sharks's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zachary Parzysz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After some careless play in the Mayhem Sharks defense, Osmar Motta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcelo Alves. The Mayhem Sharks fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcelo Alves should have stopped the shot. Marcelo Alves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Osmar Motta in the 26th minute of the match. In the 28th minute Zachary Parzysz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Alves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Rony Meira came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Mayhem Sharks 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 Rony Meira couldn't finish the play. 34 minutes into the game, Osmar Motta cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Marcelo Alves was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 39th minute, Osmar Motta made a precise shot to the right of Marcelo Alves. Mayhem Sharks's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. 47 minutes into the match, Mayhem Sharks's goal looked a bit too open when Zachary Parzysz came free, but Marcelo Alves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Emad Kovič was substituted for Ninoslav Stipanić. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zachary Parzysz to make the kick off. Marcelo Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zachary Parzysz in the 54th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gordan Kordić got free with Marcelo Alves in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 58th minute, GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Gordan Kordić dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. Osmar Motta scored 0-8 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcelo Alves, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcelo Alves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zachary Parzysz in the 70th minute of the match. Marcelo Alves stood somewhat misplaced when Zachary Parzysz came free in front of goal and shot 0-9 to the left of him in the 72 minute. Marcelo Alves didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 75th minute, which inside left pole to 0-10. After 78 played minutes GNK Dinamo Zagreb™ got a freekick which was hit by Zachary Parzysz. The crowd rose to their feet as GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Osmar Motta slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marcelo Alves. That made the score 0-12 after 83 minutes of play. In the 89th minute, GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Zachary Parzysz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-13. Mayhem Sharks's Marcelo Alves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arijan Zlatarević in the 96th minute of play. Gordan Kordić received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marcelo Alves came out and tried to block the shot, but Gordan Kordić slotted it home off the left post making it 0-15 in the 98th minute.