World League

Real Arena
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) 3 minutes into the match, Miromir Szostak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Percival Prestes. REAL VASCO RIO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miromir Szostak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. FC Hackspett U21's Luka Pirlo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Luciano Leão, made in the 6th minute of the game. 6 minutes into the match, Miromir Szostak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Percival Prestes. REAL VASCO RIO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miromir Szostak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Percival Prestes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shi Li Sha in the 10th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the game, Luciano Leão threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Hackspett U21's Luka Pirlo quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Joachim Holmgren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristóvão Melo, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. REAL VASCO RIO's Percival Prestes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shi Li Sha in the 17th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emerson Trevisan got free with Joachim Holmgren in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Joachim Holmgren made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emerson Trevisan in the 23rd minute. Percival Prestes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miromir Szostak, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Shi Li Sha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Percival Prestes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joachim Holmgren showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emerson Trevisan, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 29 minutes into the game, FC Hackspett U21's Miromir Szostak nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Percival Prestes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind REAL VASCO RIO's goalkeeper Percival Prestes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. FC Hackspett U21's Joachim Holmgren proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save FC Hackspett U21 from getting a goal against them. In the 38th minute, Luciano Leão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristóvão Melo got free with Joachim Holmgren in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 41st match minute, FC Hackspett U21 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miromir Szostak to maneuver through the defense. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind REAL VASCO RIO's goalkeeper Percival Prestes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With 47 minutes on the clock, Hernani Sabóia commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. When the match had been going on for 49 minutes, REAL VASCO RIO's Cristóvão Melo got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Joachim Holmgren. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Eriberto Sergipano was the one to do the kick off. 55 minutes into the match, FC Hackspett U21's Miromir Szostak sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Percival Prestes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 56 minutes, Percival Prestes successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. FC Hackspett U21's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ye Feng Feng in the 57th minute. After taking down the ball on FC Hackspett U21's corner Luka Pirlo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Percival Prestes quite easily take care of the ball. With a little luck, REAL VASCO RIO's Percival Prestes got control of the ball when Miromir Szostak tried to sneak it across the goal line. Percival Prestes stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Miromir Szostak's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. Joachim Holmgren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emerson Trevisan in the 68th minute of play. After 70 minutes, Pedrão Souza mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the REAL VASCO RIO and the FC Hackspett U21 players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to REAL VASCO RIO getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Pedrão Souza hit a great ball. FC Hackspett U21's Kara Melo was substituted for Göran Ekelund. In the 73rd match minute, REAL VASCO RIO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ricardo Cosme to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, REAL VASCO RIO's Ricardo Cosme got a free kick in the 75th minute. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC Hackspett U21 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 77th minute. Penalty! Cristóvão Melo took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 82nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Joachim Holmgren. FC Hackspett U21's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Percival Prestes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miromir Szostak in the 83rd minute of play. 87 minutes into the game, Luciano Leão was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. REAL VASCO RIO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Hackspett U21 the free kick. Luciano Leão hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute Berend Hermensen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Percival Prestes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 94th minute Miromir Szostak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Percival Prestes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Hackspett U21's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.