U23 World League

Kolos Sport Arena
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Francisco Novaes kicked off to start the match. Virgílio Rodrigues kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 7th minute by Song Yao Jie got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Thanks to some nice moves Pavlo Lozynskyi could shoot a difficult shot in the 10th minute, which Yan Pirani however easily saved by the left post. Yan Pirani was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Pavlo Lozynskyi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. Virgílio Rodrigues's late challenge caught a FC Kolos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Virgílio Rodrigues helped the player get up and apologised. Yan Pirani made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marjan Babych in the 17th minute. Olexandr Tlumak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Júlio Varela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olexandr Tlumak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Madureira in the 19th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marjan Babych got free with Yan Pirani in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 22 played minutes RÖK got a freekick which was hit by Virgílio Rodrigues. If Marjan Babych had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 25th match minute, FC Kolos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Artur Kucheruk to maneuver through the defense. 28 minutes into the match, Marjan Babych notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of RÖK's Yan Pirani. Yan Pirani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When RÖK's Francisco Madureira in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Kolos's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to RÖK getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Virgílio Rodrigues hit a great ball. In the 36th minute João Vítor Loyola suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Symon Udych's late challenge caught a RÖK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Symon Udych helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of RÖK booed when FC Kolos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Symon Udych didn't get a good kick on the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marjan Babych stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marjan Babych received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Yan Pirani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of FC Kolos booed when RÖK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafinha Schmidt didn't get a good kick on the ball. A throw-in in the 60th minute of the game was made by Virgílio Rodrigues with Francisco Madureira as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. FC Kolos's Symon Udych managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Ramiro Cerezo in the 64 minute of the game. In the 67th match minute, FC Kolos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Symon Udych to maneuver through the defense. Olexandr Tlumak made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Francisco Madureira sent off a good shot on target. In the 80th minute Marjan Babych shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yan Pirani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th match minute, RÖK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rafinha Schmidt to maneuver through the defense. Yan Pirani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marjan Babych in the 89th minute of the match. In the 90th match minute, FC Kolos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tykhon Burdiyan to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. FC Kolos had won after a very even match.