U21 World League

Maracana
Spectators: 7455 (Terracing: 5592, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) Braga Junior FC's Samuel Paraíba started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Geraldo Moreno took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Szymon Kowalski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After recieving a nice pass, 11ABRASIL's Herbert Nakoneczny tried to score from far away in the 9th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Geraldo Moreno made an important save on a dangerous shot by Szymon Kowalski in the 12th minute. Claudinei Passos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ksawery Dyczkowski having to interfere. After 21 played minutes Braga Junior FC got a freekick which was hit by Marcinho Pernambucano. Braga Junior FC's Geraldo Moreno played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Korneliusz Karp in the 24th minute of play. 11ABRASIL's Herbert Nakoneczny shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 26th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Geraldo Moreno but with some difficulty. In the 27th minute, 11ABRASIL's Szymon Kowalski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Geraldo Moreno showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Szymon Kowalski in the 32nd minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, 11ABRASIL's goal looked a bit too open when Claudinei Passos came free, but Ksawery Dyczkowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th minute Korneliusz Karp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geraldo Moreno saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rd minute, Vágner Gaúcho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Geraldo Moreno showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Korneliusz Karp, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Geraldo Moreno made an important save on a dangerous shot by Szymon Kowalski in the 46th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Patryk Witkowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Claudinei Passos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Patryk Witkowski scored 2-0 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Geraldo Moreno, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Herbert Nakoneczny made in the 57th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Patryk Witkowski however managed to control. After having played for 59 minutes, Szymon Kowalski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 11ABRASIL's supporters crossed their fingers, but Szymon Kowalski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 65 minutes of play, 11ABRASIL's Robert Mikulski made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geraldo Moreno was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, 11ABRASIL's Robert Mikulski got a free kick in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Korneliusz Karp in the 74th minute of play forced Braga Junior FC's goalkeeper Geraldo Moreno to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 80 minutes, Christian Braga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Braga Junior FC and the 11ABRASIL players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 80th match minute, Braga Junior FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Braga to maneuver through the defense. Roberto-Carlos Brasil hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Braga Junior FC's Samuel Paraíba got a free kick in the 86th minute. In the 90th minute, Claudinei Passos fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. When Claudinei Passos fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Braga Junior FC's protests and gave Claudinei Passos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 92nd minute, Claudinei Passos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 11ABRASIL's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.