U23 World League

Arena do Grêmio
Spectators: 7779 (Terracing: 5835, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Paco Matalon started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Paco Matalon ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mazarópi Filho was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Wladyslaw Bubczyk made a great header on Endorfina Dukla's corner, it was just that Grêmio RK75's Mazarópi Filho managed to reach the ball for a save. Eurico Martins received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Stefan Orlicki came out and tried to block the shot, but Eurico Martins slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 12th minute. Wladyslaw Bubczyk made in the 14th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Edward Kajdasz immediately put the ball in play. Eurico Martins sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Grêmio RK75's Claudinho Montenegro suffered a concussion in the 21st minute, after a hard challenge, and had to leave the field. Grêmio RK75 made a substitution. Luiz Fernando Donatello replaced Claudinho Montenegro. Paco Matalon kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. In the 24th minute of the match, Eurico Martins got a very nice opportunity to score, but Stefan Orlicki was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Mazarópi Filho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paco Matalon, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Mazarópi Filho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arman Akcebe in the 32nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Paco Matalon in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mazarópi Filho saved Grêmio RK75 from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Paco Matalon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mazarópi Filho was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Arman Akcebe in the 40th minute of play forced Grêmio RK75's goalkeeper Mazarópi Filho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paco Matalon in the 43rd minute of play forced Grêmio RK75's goalkeeper Mazarópi Filho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Luís Paulo Laguna made a kick off. In the 53rd minute, Endorfina Dukla's Artur Chlapowski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. If Eurico Martins had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Endorfina Dukla's Stefan Orlicki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eurico Martins in the 59th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Endorfina Dukla's Paco Matalon sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mazarópi Filho narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jarbas Bezerra kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Artur Chlapowski could shoot a difficult shot in the 78th minute, which Mazarópi Filho however easily saved by the left post. After 80 minutes of play, Grêmio RK75's Eurico Martins made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stefan Orlicki was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mazarópi Filho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artur Chlapowski in the 87th minute of the match. The throw-in from Wladyslaw Bubczyk in the 91st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Grêmio RK75's Cauã Luz. After some careless play in the Grêmio RK75 defense, Artur Chlapowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mazarópi Filho. The Grêmio RK75 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mazarópi Filho should have stopped the shot. When the final whistle sounded Endorfina Dukla left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Grêmio RK75.