U21 World League

Arena 26 de Dezembro
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Samuel Paraíba got the match started through his kick off. Claudinei Passos charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Claudinei Passos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Claudinei Passos kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Geraldo Moreno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Korneliusz Karp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Braga Junior FC's Vágner Gaúcho got a free kick in the 11th minute. Geraldo Moreno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Mikulski in the 13th minute of the match. Claudinei Passos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Ksawery Dyczkowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ksawery Dyczkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vágner Gaúcho in the 22nd minute of play. In the 24th minute of the match Braga Junior FC got a corner. 11ABRASIL's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Samuel Paraíba ran over to the corner to take the kick. Robert Mikulski charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Robert Mikulski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 25th match minute, 11ABRASIL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Robert Mikulski to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in 11ABRASIL's zone, Claudinei Passos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ksawery Dyczkowski came out of the goal and Claudinei Passos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Szczepan Furgat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 33rd minute of the match Jacinto Tinoco sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ksawery Dyczkowski skillfully saved the ball. In the 36th minute, Claudinei Passos reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ksawery Dyczkowski. The goal made the score 2-0. Geraldo Moreno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Szymon Kowalski in the 41st minute of the match. Braga Junior FC's Geraldo Moreno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Korneliusz Karp in the 42nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Braga Junior FC's Reinaldo Marques got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Claudinei Passos was shown his second yellow card after 45 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Herbert Nakoneczny took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 46th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Geraldo Moreno. Braga Junior FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Patryk Witkowski to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, 11ABRASIL's goal looked a bit too open when Samuel Paraíba came free, but Ksawery Dyczkowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 53rd minute Samuel Paraíba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ksawery Dyczkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Samuel Paraíba hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. 62 minutes into the game, Korneliusz Karp recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Geraldo Moreno. Korneliusz Karp showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. Ksawery Dyczkowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuel Paraíba, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. 68 minutes into the match, Samuel Paraíba had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ksawery Dyczkowski. 11ABRASIL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Samuel Paraíba was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. Braga Junior FC's Geraldo Moreno proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Braga Junior FC from getting a goal against them. The Braga Junior FC support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.