U23 World League

Academy Arena
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) António Festas charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed António Festas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Miguel Carneiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Radowit Burdzel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 14 minutes into the match, Stars Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Czeslaw Penczkowski came free, but Miguel Carneiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bento Perdigão might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Lucjan Rasiak. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bento Perdigão ran back to his position shaking his head. Jairo Carrasqueira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Lucjan Rasiak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 33 played minutes Stars Academy got a freekick which was hit by Bento Perdigão. Bento Perdigão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucjan Rasiak having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jurand Basaik in the 39th minute of play forced Stars Academy's goalkeeper Miguel Carneiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miguel Carneiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Czeslaw Penczkowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Stars Academy getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Evandro Neves hit a great ball. In the 44th match minute, Stars Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bento Perdigão to maneuver through the defense.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bento Perdigão made a kick off. In the 53rd match minute, Victoria Września was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jurand Basaik to maneuver through the defense. In the 55th minute Florian Jandryca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Carneiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute, Florian Jandryca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 69th match minute, Stars Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evandro Neves to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Stars Academy's Miguel Carneiro got control of the ball when Radowit Burdzel tried to sneak it across the goal line. Miguel Carneiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jurand Basaik in the 75th minute of the match. Miguel Carneiro was a little too slow when Czeslaw Penczkowski got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 76th minute. The score was now 0-1. Miguel Carneiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Czeslaw Penczkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Stars Academy's Miguel Carneiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florian Jandryca in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th minute, Czeslaw Penczkowski fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Miguel Carneiro, passed just outside the right post. A collision led to Stars Academy getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Américo Albuquerque hit a great ball. Miguel Carneiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Czeslaw Penczkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. 92 minutes into the match, Florian Jandryca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Miguel Carneiro. Stars Academy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Florian Jandryca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Victoria Września had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.