U21 World League

The Last Kingdom
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 5738, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cristóvão Valle got the match started through his kick off. When Afonso Alves fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Royal Knights FC's protests and gave Afonso Alves a yellow card for diving instead. In the 5th match minute, Royal Knights FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonso Alves to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Royal Knights FC's Richard Geerts slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Christiano Cearense. That made the score 1-0 after 10 minutes of play. 14 minutes into the match, Itajaí Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Geerts came free, but Christiano Cearense reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Itajaí Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Geerts came free, but Christiano Cearense reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristóvão Valle succeeded in the game's 25th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-0. Itajaí Football Club's Christiano Cearense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eusébio Favoretto in the 32nd minute of play. Christiano Cearense was a little too slow when Richard Geerts got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 3-0. Christiano Cearense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Geerts in the 37th minute of the match. After 41 minutes of play, Royal Knights FC's Cristóvão Valle made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christiano Cearense was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristóvão Valle got free with Christiano Cearense in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jailson de Senna was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the game, Richard Geerts cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Christiano Cearense was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 57 minutes into the match, Itajaí Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Geerts came free, but Christiano Cearense reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristóvão Valle scored 6-0 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Christiano Cearense, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Christiano Cearense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Richard Geerts, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. 65 minutes into the match, Cristóvão Valle had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Christiano Cearense. Itajaí Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cristóvão Valle was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. The supporters of Royal Knights FC booed when Itajaí Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Fabiano Corrêa didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute Richard Geerts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christiano Cearense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Royal Knights FC's Artur Maciejewski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Royal Knights FC from getting a goal against them. In the 87th minute Richard Geerts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christiano Cearense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Christiano Cearense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Richard Geerts in the 90th minute of the match. 94 minutes into the game, Mario Jardel cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-0. Christiano Cearense was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Royal Knights FC had played much better football throughout.