U21 World League

CARDINAL STADIUM
Spectators: 8544 (Terracing: 6409, Seating: 1965, VIP seats: 170) Robbin De Ruyter started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 7th minute Robbin De Ruyter shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ingvar Hellkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Robbin De Ruyter's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ingvar Hellkvist was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Ingvar Hellkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 22nd minute of play. In the 22ndth minute of the game Robbin De Ruyter who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Ingvar Hellkvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 26th minute, Diego Armando Maradona ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jorge Caetano was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 29th minute, Diego Armando Maradona got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ingvar Hellkvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robbin De Ruyter, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qin Fei Chao in the 33rd minute of play forced C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's goalkeeper Ingvar Hellkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diego Armando Maradona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Jorge Caetano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diego Armando Maradona in the 36th minute of play. After 40 minutes of play, Zero Gravity's Mikolaj Ratulowski made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ingvar Hellkvist was left in no man's land by his defense there! Edmund Przybyciel received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jorge Caetano came out and tried to block the shot, but Edmund Przybyciel slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 44th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qin Fei Chao in the 47th minute of play forced C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's goalkeeper Ingvar Hellkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Diego Armando Maradona was the one to do the kick off. Ingvar Hellkvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qin Fei Chao, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edmund Przybyciel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorge Caetano having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Diego Armando Maradona in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jorge Caetano saved Zero Gravity from getting behind. C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's Ingvar Hellkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qin Fei Chao in the 61st minute of play. Tahsin Paksu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Qin Fei Chao had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jorge Caetano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Armando Maradona, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filiberto Bernebe in the 82nd minute of play forced C Ａ R D I N Ａ L's goalkeeper Ingvar Hellkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jorge Caetano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Armando Maradona, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Jorge Caetano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Šako Grande, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 87 minutes into the match, Zero Gravity's goal looked a bit too open when Diego Armando Maradona came free, but Jorge Caetano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of C Ａ R D I N Ａ L booed when Zero Gravity was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Filip Tzenov didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew the final whistle, C Ａ R D I N Ａ L could leave the field as winners, despite Zero Gravity having more of the ball for most of the match.