U23 World League

RÖK Arena
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Francisco Novaes made the kick off and thus started the match. Yan Pirani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alistair Cross, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 6th minute, Christos Dimitrakos made a precise shot to the right of Yan Pirani. RÖK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The Handsome Wizards UTD's Luke Hollingsworth proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save The Handsome Wizards UTD from getting a goal against them. The supporters of RÖK booed when The Handsome Wizards UTD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sonny Watkinson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luke Hollingsworth made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Francisco Madureira sent off a good shot on target. Yan Pirani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Filiberto Benitez in the 20th minute of the match. Yan Pirani came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by The Handsome Wizards UTD's Alistair Cross. But to his dismay, Alistair Cross quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Francisco Novaes in the 27th minute of play forced The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cesinha Marquez kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. After some careless play in the RÖK defense, Filiberto Benitez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yan Pirani. The RÖK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yan Pirani should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Christos Dimitrakos to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of The Handsome Wizards UTD booed when RÖK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Francisco Novaes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yan Pirani was out of position in the 56 minute of play, and Frederico Passos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Frederico Passos really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. After a rather tough play, The Handsome Wizards UTD's Sonny Watkinson got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 62nd minute, Christos Dimitrakos made a precise shot to the right of Yan Pirani. RÖK's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. RÖK's Yan Pirani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christos Dimitrakos in the 65th minute of play. After 67 minutes of play, The Handsome Wizards UTD's CJ Townsley made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yan Pirani was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Alistair Cross had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Frederico Passos struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Yan Pirani didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for The Handsome Wizards UTD. In the 76th minute, Alistair Cross left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The The Handsome Wizards UTD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-10. RÖK's Cesinha Marquez got his second yellow card of the match in the 81st minute. The referee ordered Cesinha Marquez off the ground. After 81 played minutes RÖK got a freekick which was hit by Cesinha Marquez. 82 minutes into the match, RÖK's goalkeeper Yan Pirani had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Christos Dimitrakos. Christos Dimitrakos hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Yan Pirani made a fantastic save in the 97th minute, when Frederico Passos sent off a good shot on target. The Handsome Wizards UTD'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.