U23 World League

SC Braga Arena
Spectators: 7493 (Terracing: 5621, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pedro Pinho got the match started through his kick off. fc eendenpad's defense didn't have a chance, in the 3rd minute, when Evandro Figueiras scored to the left of an out of position Lieven De Vleeschauwere, making the score, 1-0. The crowd rose to their feet as SC Braga's Fabrício Monteiro slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lieven De Vleeschauwere. That made the score 2-0 after 6 minutes of play. Lieven De Vleeschauwere showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Pinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fabrício Monteiro got free with Lieven De Vleeschauwere in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to fc eendenpad getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Matteo Lemmens hit a great ball. 16 minutes in the game, Pedro Pinho fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Lieven De Vleeschauwere having to interfere. 18 minutes into the game, Celso Belo threw the ball into play from the sideline. fc eendenpad's Martial Cortens quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Lieven De Vleeschauwere showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabrício Monteiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. A collision led to fc eendenpad getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Lorenzo Rijmenants hit a great ball. With a little luck, fc eendenpad's Lieven De Vleeschauwere got control of the ball when Evandro Figueiras tried to sneak it across the goal line. fc eendenpad's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Fabrício Monteiro 22 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 4-0. In the 26th minute, SC Braga's Fabrício Monteiro ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Lieven De Vleeschauwere. Lieven De Vleeschauwere yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 5-0. Moisés Álvares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Lieven De Vleeschauwere made a huge save. Lieven De Vleeschauwere was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ricardo Vasques showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 6-0 in the 34 minute of play. Lieven De Vleeschauwere showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ricardo Vasques, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 42 minutes into the game, when Matteo Lemmens put in a rough tackle. Matteo Lemmens hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. SC Braga's Ricardo Vasques got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lorenzo Rijmenants made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Pedro Pinho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Braga fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. In the 55th match minute, fc eendenpad was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sam-Lucas Van Clynenbreugel to maneuver through the defense. fc eendenpad's Lieven De Vleeschauwere played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gentil Vasques in the 60th minute of play. Jeffrey Artois kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evandro Figueiras in the 67th minute of play forced fc eendenpad's goalkeeper Lieven De Vleeschauwere to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Evandro Figueiras received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Lieven De Vleeschauwere tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fabrício Monteiro took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lieven De Vleeschauwere. Lieven De Vleeschauwere dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-0. Fabrício Monteiro scored 10-0 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lieven De Vleeschauwere, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lieven De Vleeschauwere showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Pinho in the 78th minute of the match. In the 82nd minute, Fabrício Monteiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SC Braga fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 11-0. In the 85th minute, Pedro Pinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lieven De Vleeschauwere made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabrício Monteiro in the 88th minute of play. Fabrício Monteiro took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lieven De Vleeschauwere. Lieven De Vleeschauwere dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 12-0. After 93 minutes of play, SC Braga's Fabrício Monteiro made it 13-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lieven De Vleeschauwere was left in no man's land by his defense there! There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. SC Braga fully deserved thier win.