U23 World League

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Spectators: 7745 (Terracing: 5810, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Chico Secco got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd match minute, FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yulian Momkov to maneuver through the defense. Sebastião Moraes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Elbert Hand having to interfere. In the 11th play minute Andy Jackson came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jânio Paraíba. 1-0. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's Jânio Paraíba played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Veikka Koskinen in the 14th minute of play. Jânio Paraíba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joel Palolahti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner led to Kultapossukerho's Pietari Jaakkola getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. When FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's Chico Secco in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kultapossukerho's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastião Moraes in the 28th minute of play forced Kultapossukerho's goalkeeper Elbert Hand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joel Salgado in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Elbert Hand saved Kultapossukerho from getting behind. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO were awarded a corner in the 37th minute after Kultapossukerho's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Arthur dos Santos took the corner. Arthur dos Santos made a great header on FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's corner, it was just that Kultapossukerho's Elbert Hand managed to reach the ball for a save. Andy Jackson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Jânio Paraíba tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Kultapossukerho's Veikka Koskinen in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's goalie prevented a goal. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Veikka Koskinen was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Kultapossukerho getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Joel Palolahti hit a great ball. Arthur dos Santos's shot from long distance in the 53rd minute was not bad at all, but Kultapossukerho's Elbert Hand knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. Jânio Paraíba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Veikka Koskinen, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Elbert Hand made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chico Secco in the 61st minute. Kultapossukerho's Joel Palolahti got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jânio Paraíba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pietari Jaakkola in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Veikka Koskinen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jânio Paraíba was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. In the 67th minute, Sebastião Moraes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's Joel Salgado came free and shot a quick shot against goal 77 minutes in the game, fortunately Elbert Hand had problems saving as it came toward the left post. Kultapossukerho's Jonni Laaksonen was substituted for Salomo Kiviharju. After 84 played minutes Kultapossukerho got a freekick which was hit by Andy Jackson. 92 minutes into the match, Andy Jackson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jânio Paraíba. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andy Jackson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Jânio Paraíba came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by Kultapossukerho's Andy Jackson. But to his dismay, Andy Jackson quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0.