U23 World League

Arena Votorantim
Spectators: 7675 (Terracing: 5757, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nildo de Souza kicked off to start the match. In the 7th minute, Gabriel Kabát left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Kukova fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Anton Šindler made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nildo de Souza in the 12th minute of play. After 12 minutes, Marek Jančík mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Kukova and the Mitnarotov FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Mitnarotov FC booed when FC Kukova was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marek Jančík didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nildo de Souza in the 17th minute of play forced FC Kukova's goalkeeper Anton Šindler to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 minutes FC Kukova's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dário Passos who took care of the corner kick. Murillo Leão kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Gabriel Kabát in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Almir Miranda saved Mitnarotov FC from getting behind. Anton Šindler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nildo de Souza in the 32nd minute of the match. Almir Miranda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dušan Vlach in the 33rd minute of the match. Almir Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dušan Vlach, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Viktor Minár kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Dagoberto Zonta succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 43rd playminute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Gabriel Kabát made the kick off in the second half. Dušan Vlach took the ball and in the 52 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Almir Miranda. Almir Miranda dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. Almir Miranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Kabát in the 56th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dagoberto Zonta during the 57th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 57th minute, Dagoberto Zonta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 58th minute, Gabriel Kabát reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Almir Miranda. The goal made the score 1-3. After 61 minutes of play FC Kukova's Marek Jančík was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Marek Jančík hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Mitnarotov FC's Almir Miranda got control of the ball when Dušan Vlach tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ján Bartal charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ján Bartal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 71st minute, Ján Bartal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dagoberto Zonta sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ján Bartal might have been able to make a better finish in the 78th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Almir Miranda. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ján Bartal ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ján Bartal got free with Almir Miranda in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Anton Šindler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dagoberto Zonta in the 80th minute of the match. Viktor Minár sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Viktor Minár got free with Almir Miranda in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 84th minute, Nildo de Souza left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mitnarotov FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Anton Šindler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walmir Quintal in the 87th minute of the match.