U23 World League

Valadas
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Zekeriya Ülgener made the kick off and thus started the match. 龙枫博 showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Osvaldo Marquez, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. 龙枫博 stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zekeriya Ülgener's shot from short distance in the 5th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 龙钢超 in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fernanco Muslera prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The crowd rose to their feet as Valadas's Wilson Castelo Branco slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of 龙枫博. That made the score 1-0 after 9 minutes of play. Jerónimo Álvares kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 龙钢超 in the 19th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fernanco Muslera saved Valadas from getting behind. Fernanco Muslera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 龙钢超 in the 21st minute of play. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cylon's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zekeriya Ülgener was slow to take the kick. During this time Valadas's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Valadas's Wilson Castelo Branco getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Fernanco Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 龙钢超 in the 27th minute of the match. 庄志政 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Fernanco Muslera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Iustin Piţurcă kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. In the 30th match minute, Valadas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iustin Piţurcă to maneuver through the defense. When 庄志政 came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Cylon 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 庄志政 couldn't finish the play. In the 41st match minute, Valadas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by André Martins to maneuver through the defense. Cylon's defense didn't have a chance, in the 46th minute, when Honorato Lameiras scored to the left of an out of position 龙枫博, making the score, 2-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and 庄志政 made a kick off. The throw-in from Jerónimo Álvares in the 53rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Cylon's 莫义林. When 龙钢超 came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Cylon 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 龙钢超 couldn't finish the play. Fernanco Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 尹桑文 in the 62nd minute of the match. Cylon made a substitution. 许克沙 replaced 尹桑文. Honorato Lameiras's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but 龙枫博 read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 69th minute of play. 龙钢超 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernanco Muslera having to interfere. After 74 minutes of play, Valadas's Honorato Lameiras made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. 龙枫博 was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Valadas getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Osvaldo Marquez hit a great ball. 龙枫博 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Honorato Lameiras in the 84th minute of play. 龙枫博 took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zekeriya Ülgener, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 85 minutes into the game, Zekeriya Ülgener cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. 龙枫博 was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 89th minute 龙钢超 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fernanco Muslera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that 龙钢超's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernanco Muslera was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. After 94 played minutes Cylon got a freekick which was hit by 莫义林. Valadas's Osvaldo Marquez got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Valadas had won after a very even match.