U21 World League

Karaliai Kingdom
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Skirmantas Atkočiunas started the match with the kick off. Romualdas Kaušpadas kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Raimondas Milašauskas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Dantas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kristupas Paškevičius charged in rather forcefully in the 14th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kristupas Paškevičius the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Kings getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Kristupas Paškevičius hit a great ball. 15 minutes into the match, Kings's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Dantas came free, but Raimondas Milašauskas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 16 played minutes SALIMEN got a freekick which was hit by Claudinho Teixeira. Dráuzio Santos hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. With a little luck, SALIMEN's Ademar Guerra got control of the ball when Skirmantas Atkočiunas tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vítor Xavier in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Raimondas Milašauskas saved Kings from getting behind. Deividas Abakevičius hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Romualdas Kaušpadas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 27thth minute, Ademar Guerra skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Romualdas Kaušpadas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kings's supporters rose to their feet, but Romualdas Kaušpadas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ademar Guerra breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kings's Raimondas Milašauskas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aníbal Branco in the 34th minute of play. In the 39th minute, Miguel Dantas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SALIMEN fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Romualdas Kaušpadas hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute, Romualdas Kaušpadas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half SALIMEN were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Miguel Dantas to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, SALIMEN's Vítor Xavier got a free kick in the 51st minute. Ademar Guerra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Skirmantas Atkočiunas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 57th minute Aníbal Branco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raimondas Milašauskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute Aníbal Branco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raimondas Milašauskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Skirmantas Atkočiunas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ademar Guerra was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Aníbal Branco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Raimondas Milašauskas came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by SALIMEN's Miguel Dantas. But to his dismay, Miguel Dantas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After a rather tough play, Kings's Kristupas Paškevičius got a free kick in the 72nd minute. If Romualdas Kaušpadas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Miguel Dantas managed to get in a good position for a shot. SALIMEN's supporters rose to their feet, but Miguel Dantas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Raimondas Milašauskas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Kings fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. SALIMEN were clearly better and deserved to take the win.