U23 World League

Stadion Butordolac
Spectators: 7724 (Terracing: 5794, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pavao Kos took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 2nd match minute, Pau Nas Canelas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Xavier Sabrosa to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th minute Palmiro Picasso suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. After 5 minutes, Zvonko Šljivić mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the NK BRONZIN and the Pau Nas Canelas players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th match minute, NK BRONZIN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zvonko Šljivić to maneuver through the defense. Xavier Sabrosa took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 7th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bernard Kufner. NK BRONZIN's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Bernard Kufner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Murilo Barbosa in the 13th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Rafal Fronczak cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Bernard Kufner was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 22nd match minute, Pau Nas Canelas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tobias Nascimento to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafal Fronczak in the 23rd minute of play forced NK BRONZIN's goalkeeper Bernard Kufner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pavao Kos in the 24th minute of play forced Pau Nas Canelas's goalkeeper Gentil Miranda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gentil Miranda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavao Kos in the 29th minute of the match. Pavao Kos took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gentil Miranda. Gentil 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 1-1. Bernard Kufner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafal Fronczak, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Rafal Fronczak put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Bernard Kufner. 38 minutes into the match, Pau Nas Canelas's goalkeeper Gentil Miranda had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ahmet Gündüz Acaralp. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafal Fronczak in the 39th minute of play forced NK BRONZIN's goalkeeper Bernard Kufner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 47 played minutes NK BRONZIN got a freekick which was hit by Miha Glavan. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tobias Nascimento made a kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 51 minutes, Bernard Kufner successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Bernard Kufner was a little too slow when Rafal Fronczak got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 54th minute. The score was now 1-3. Bernard Kufner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tobias Nascimento in the 57th minute of play. Ahmet Gündüz Acaralp received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. Gentil Miranda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 65 minutes into the match, Ahmet Gündüz Acaralp had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gentil Miranda. Pau Nas Canelas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ahmet Gündüz Acaralp was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavier Sabrosa in the 70th minute of play forced NK BRONZIN's goalkeeper Bernard Kufner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernard Kufner didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Murilo Barbosa went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. Rafal Fronczak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Bernard Kufner made a huge save. Pau Nas Canelas's Gentil Miranda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavao Kos in the 79th minute of play. Bernard Kufner made an important save on a dangerous shot by Xavier Sabrosa in the 82nd minute. In the 86th minute Pavao Kos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gentil Miranda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 88 minutes into the game, Mário Vilas Boas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pau Nas Canelas's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave NK BRONZIN the free kick. A collision led to Pau Nas Canelas getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Mário Vilas Boas hit a great ball. In the 89th minute, Ahmet Gündüz Acaralp got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Gentil Miranda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavao Kos in the 94th minute of play. In the 95th minute, Xavier Sabrosa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bernard Kufner was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. Feliks Mazić might have been able to make a better finish in the 98th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gentil Miranda. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Feliks Mazić ran back to his position shaking his head. Pau Nas Canelas's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.