U21 World League

Estádio Polinopolis
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Roland Warka made the kick off which started today's match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Roland Warka in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ulysses Donato prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Proteu booed when FC MeHigh was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dumitru Sasu didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Florin Zăhărescu managed to avoid a goal in the 7thth minute, when Proteu's Qu Wei fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 12th minute Iosif Mihele shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ulysses Donato saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Proteu's Gugu Tasso got a free kick in the 13th minute. The supporters of FC MeHigh booed when Proteu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Eduardo Ferraz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ulysses Donato made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dumitru Sasu in the 19th minute of play. Ulysses Donato didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Roland Warka went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 25th minute, Murilo Ferreira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 27 minutes, Roland Warka made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Proteu's Ulysses Donato tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 30 minutes, Roland Warka made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. Proteu's Ulysses Donato tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to FC MeHigh getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Cristian Vlaicu hit a great ball. Ulysses Donato took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iosif Mihele, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ulysses Donato showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nabucodonosor von der Schulenburg in the 40th minute of the match. Nabucodonosor von der Schulenburg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ulysses Donato having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Qu Wei to strike the kick off in the second half. Ulysses Donato came out of the goal in the 50th minute to try and stop a shot by FC MeHigh's Iosif Mihele. But to his dismay, Iosif Mihele quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. After 59 minutes Proteu's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dragoş Caba who took care of the corner kick. Florin Zăhărescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qu Wei in the 61st minute of the match. A collision led to Proteu getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Enéas Pontes hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Proteu's Enéas Pontes got a free kick in the 67th minute. Ulysses Donato was out of position in the 70 minute of play, and Roland Warka capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Roland Warka really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roland Warka in the 73rd minute of play forced Proteu's goalkeeper Ulysses Donato to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC MeHigh's Florin Zăhărescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Qu Wei in the 74th minute of play. Florin Zăhărescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Qu Wei went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. The supporters of FC MeHigh booed when Proteu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Eduardo Ferraz didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 81 minutes, Edmundo Gomes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Proteu's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edmundo Gomes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Qu Wei hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Ulysses Donato was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Iosif Mihele showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-6 in the 87 minute of play. Ulysses Donato showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nabucodonosor von der Schulenburg, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. The Proteu fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. FC MeHigh were clearly better and deserved to take the win.