U23 World League

Estádio Misericordia
Spectators: 7682 (Terracing: 5762, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jurand Mockiewicz started the match with the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Serjão Dinamite kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Krzysztof Golaszewski. That made the score 1-0 in the 2 minute of play. In the 8th minute Red Devils were awarded a corner. Bartlomiej Rakoski went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Misericordia EC's goalie and right to Lucjan Popowicz. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Misericordia EC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Misericordia EC's Léo Leão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jurand Mockiewicz in the 10th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Jurand Mockiewicz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Léo Leão was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Misericordia EC's Léo Leão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jurand Mockiewicz in the 22nd minute of play. The supporters of Red Devils booed when Misericordia EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valério Peres didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 24th minute, Dobromir Cwojdak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Serjão Dinamites short, quick shot in the 28thth minute got Krzysztof Golaszewski to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Léo Leão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jurand Mockiewicz in the 35th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Misericordia EC's goal looked a bit too open when Jurand Mockiewicz came free, but Léo Leão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 43rd minute Dobromir Cwojdak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Léo Leão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jurand Mockiewicz in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Léo Leão saved Misericordia EC from getting behind. In the 46th minute, Dobromir Cwojdak ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Léo Leão was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Serjão Dinamite to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as Red Devils's Kazimierz Deyna slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Léo Leão. That made the score 1-4 after 53 minutes of play. In the 55th minute Jurand Mockiewicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Léo Leão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Red Devils's Léo Leão threw himself towards the right post 56 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jurand Mockiewicz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A nice corner shot did that Bartlomiej Rakoski got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Léo Leão quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 58 played minutes Misericordia EC got a freekick which was hit by Jeremias Tinoco. In the 60thth minute of the game Jurand Mockiewicz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Misericordia EC's Léo Leão was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Jurand Mockiewicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Léo Leão was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. A well-hit corner resulted in Jurand Mockiewicz heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Serjão Dinamite might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Krzysztof Golaszewski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Serjão Dinamite ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 71st minute Serjão Dinamite shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krzysztof Golaszewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Waldemar Rekowski kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Waldemar Rekowski during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Red Devils fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 80th minute. Penalty! 82 minutes into the game, Valério Peres was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Misericordia EC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Red Devils the free kick. In the 82nd minute, Valério Peres hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jurand Mockiewicz in the 83rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Léo Leão, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Léo Leão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jurand Mockiewicz in the 85th minute of the match. Léo Leão made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jurand Mockiewicz in the 87th minute. In the 91st match minute, Red Devils was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sebastian Zawadzki to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Red Devils getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Slawomir Falk hit a great ball. Misericordia EC's Léo Leão proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Misericordia EC from getting a goal against them. Krzysztof Golaszewski came out of the goal in the 98th minute to try and stop a shot by Misericordia EC's Bob Dinamite. But to his dismay, Bob Dinamite quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-4. When the match was over Red Devils could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Misericordia EC throughout the match.