U21 World League

MACONHA
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jurand Fiszer took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd match minute, Ponte do Carro was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nuno Sanches to maneuver through the defense. Heitor Horta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jurand Fiszer in the 4th minute of the match. After 13 played minutes ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨ got a freekick which was hit by Zula Prusinowski. Heitor Horta stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jurand Fiszer's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. Heitor Horta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jurand Fiszer, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. After 23 minutes Ponte do Carro's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zula Prusinowski who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Zula Prusinowski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Heitor Horta quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Altino Guerreiro in the 31st minute of play forced ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s goalkeeper Robert Gniewek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The throw-in from Nuno Sanches in the 35th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s Diamantino Diament. Vladimiro Corte-Real charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vladimiro Corte-Real the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 38th minute, Vladimiro Corte-Real hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd minute, Jurand Fiszer 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. 46 minutes into the match, Jurand Fiszer had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Heitor Horta. Ponte do Carro's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jurand Fiszer was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After the first half ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨ were leading 0-1. 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 Eusébio Leão stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Heitor Horta made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jurand Fiszer in the 54th minute. 56 minutes into the game, Nuno Sanches threw the ball into play from the sideline. ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s Diamantino Diament quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Diamantino Diament received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Heitor Horta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 60thth minute of the game Mateus Quaresma who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s Robert Gniewek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ponte do Carro's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alexandre Lucena in the 61st minute. In the 70th match minute, ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ole Loco to maneuver through the defense. Ponte do Carro's defense didn't have a chance, in the 78th minute, when Jurand Fiszer scored to the left of an out of position Heitor Horta, making the score, 0-2. Jurand Fiszer might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Heitor Horta. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jurand Fiszer ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 83rd minute of the match, Jurand Fiszer got a very nice opportunity to score, but Heitor Horta was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 84 minutes into the match, Ponte do Carro's goalkeeper Heitor Horta had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jurand Fiszer. Ponte do Carro's Heitor Horta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Ponte do Carro from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s Zawisza Czarny got a free kick in the 85th minute. 88 minutes into the match, ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s goal looked a bit too open when Alexandre Lucena came free, but Robert Gniewek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nuno Sanches made in the 90th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s Diamantino Diament. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Diamantino Diament managed to get in a good position for a shot. ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s supporters rose to their feet, but Diamantino Diament was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Heitor Horta breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Heitor Horta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jurand Fiszer, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. In the 96th minute, Ponte do Carro's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Jurand Fiszer fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨ had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.