U23 World League

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Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Cristóvão Valle started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Patryk Lisewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Artur Maciejewski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Patryk Lisewski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristian Salandri charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cristian Salandri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Opus Dei booed when Royal Knights FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristian Salandri didn't get a good kick on the ball. Artur Maciejewski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Denis Degutis in the 15th minute. In the 31st minute Richard Geerts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugon Raszkiewicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hugon Raszkiewicz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusébio Favoretto, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eusébio Favoretto in the 34th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hugon Raszkiewicz saved Opus Dei from getting behind. Denis Degutis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Artur Maciejewski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Denis Degutis made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richard Geerts in the 50th minute of play forced Opus Dei's goalkeeper Hugon Raszkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Opus Dei's Hugon Raszkiewicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Opus Dei from getting a goal against them. Cristóvão Valle received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Hugon Raszkiewicz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Artur Dziedziak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 65 minutes, Maurinho Tróia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Royal Knights FC and the Opus Dei players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 66th match minute, Royal Knights FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maurinho Tróia to maneuver through the defense. When Denis Degutis came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the Opus Dei fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Denis Degutis couldn't finish the play. Segundo Volante kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. In the 77th match minute, Opus Dei was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacek Bąk to maneuver through the defense. Patryk Lisewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Artur Maciejewski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Artur Maciejewski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Denis Degutis went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Eusébio Favoretto might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hugon Raszkiewicz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Eusébio Favoretto ran back to his position shaking his head. A collision led to Royal Knights FC getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Segundo Volante hit a great ball. In the 88thth minute of the game Denis Degutis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Royal Knights FC's Artur Maciejewski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Royal Knights FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.