U21 World League

Estadio SINGULAR
Spectators: 7608 (Terracing: 5707, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when António Jesus took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Mariano Avelar fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PLURAL's protests and gave Mariano Avelar a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to PLURAL getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Mariano Avelar hit a great ball. In the 3rd minute the ball was on its way in behind PLURAL's goalkeeper Jorge Montenegro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Geraldo Branco fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PLURAL's protests and gave Geraldo Branco a yellow card for diving instead. In the 5th match minute, PLURAL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Geraldo Branco to maneuver through the defense. Samuel Sesimbra blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Andrei Reznic having to make a save. After 15 minutes of play, Club13's Sever Panait made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jorge Montenegro was left in no man's land by his defense there! 19 minutes into the match, PLURAL's goal looked a bit too open when Ziemowit Czeszejko came free, but Jorge Montenegro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to PLURAL getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Rui Torres hit a great ball. 20 minutes into the match, PLURAL's goal looked a bit too open when Algot Kruse came free, but Jorge Montenegro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 22 minutes into the game, Ziemowit Czeszejko cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Jorge Montenegro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 24 minutes, Sever Panait managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Club13's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sever Panait was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jonas Vennerberg scored 0-3 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jorge Montenegro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 32nd minute, António Jesus made a precise shot to the right of Andrei Reznic. Club13's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. 37 minutes into the match, Lucian Şimonca notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of PLURAL's Jorge Montenegro. Jorge Montenegro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jonas Vennerberg scored 1-5 in the 42nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jorge Montenegro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jorge Montenegro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucian Şimonca, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. After 47 played minutes Club13 got a freekick which was hit by Lucian Şimonca. The PLURAL players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Club13 were winning 1-5.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sever Panait to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, PLURAL's goalkeeper Jorge Montenegro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jonas Vennerberg. After 54 played minutes PLURAL got a freekick which was hit by Mariano Avelar. Ziemowit Czeszejkos short, quick shot in the 63rdth minute got Jorge Montenegro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 64th minute, Algot Kruse fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Jorge Montenegro, passed just outside the right post. After a rather tough play, Club13's Sever Panait got a free kick in the 66th minute. Sever Panait struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Jorge Montenegro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Club13. Jorge Montenegro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sever Panait, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Algot Kruse in the 84th minute of play forced PLURAL's goalkeeper Jorge Montenegro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sever Panaits short, quick shot in the 87thth minute got Jorge Montenegro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jorge Montenegro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Algot Kruse, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Vennerberg in the 92nd minute of play forced PLURAL's goalkeeper Jorge Montenegro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute Algot Kruse shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jorge Montenegro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Club13's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.