U23 League

Alvi Azul
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) 4 minutes into the match, ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s goalkeeper Matias Čech had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Bater Palma. In the 7th minute, Kaká Ferreira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12thth minute of the game Iker Boruc who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CE LAJEADENSE RS's Harry Kane was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the CE LAJEADENSE RS defense, Piotr Osikowicz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Harry Kane. The CE LAJEADENSE RS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Harry Kane should have stopped the shot. Matias Čech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bater Palma, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the match, Hermínio Branco dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Matias Čech, 1-1. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by CE LAJEADENSE RS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Benito Laurin was slow to take the kick. During this time ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s players had a chance to rest. After a defensive mix-up in CE LAJEADENSE RS's zone, Iker Boruc stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Harry Kane came out of the goal and Iker Boruc tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 46th minute Iker Boruc shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harry Kane saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™ were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Iker Boruc stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raúl Breckenfeld in the 51st minute of play forced CE LAJEADENSE RS's goalkeeper Harry Kane to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leo Iigo in the 53rd minute of play forced ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s goalkeeper Matias Čech to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute of the match CE LAJEADENSE RS got a corner. ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ye Xiang ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ye Xiang made a great header on CE LAJEADENSE RS's corner, it was just that ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s Matias Čech managed to reach the ball for a save. Matias Čech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ye Xiang in the 65th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Iker Boruc put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Harry Kane. Matias Čech came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by CE LAJEADENSE RS's Leo Iigo. But to his dismay, Leo Iigo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. CE LAJEADENSE RS's Renan da Fonseca was substituted for Udo Nigula. Iker Boruc blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Harry Kane having to make a save. Harry Kane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iker Boruc in the 91st minute of the match. Matias Čech didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leo Iigo went, in the 94th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score.