U23 World League

Rockaway Park
Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ronaldo Fenomeno made the kick off which started today's match. Tiaguinho Saldanha's late challenge caught a Six Pac FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tiaguinho Saldanha helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Tiaguinho Saldanha hit a great ball. Valdemar de Amaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Chuck Ruff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho's Sylwester Zarobski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho from getting a goal against them. Ronaldo Fenomeno did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Sylwester Zarobski 8 minutes into the match. In the 10th match minute, Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilmar Romero to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot 14 in the game by Ronaldo Fenomeno from a close distance when the talented Sylwester Zarobski managed to make a qualified save. Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho's players were relieved. Chuck Ruff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valdemar de Amaral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho's Sylwester Zarobski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldo Fenomeno in the 23rd minute of play. After 27 minutes of play, Six Pac FC's Ronaldo Fenomeno made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sylwester Zarobski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sylwester Zarobski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kurt Lövgren in the 30th minute of the match. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Six Pac FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Franklin Galvão was slow to take the kick. During this time Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho's players had a chance to rest. Gilmar Romero made a great header on Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho's corner, it was just that Six Pac FC's Chuck Ruff managed to reach the ball for a save. Valdemar de Amaral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chuck Ruff having to interfere. After 40 played minutes Six Pac FC got a freekick which was hit by Grht De Beer. In the 42nd minute, Kurt Lövgren hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Six Pac FC's Chuck Ruff played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdemar de Amaral in the 43rd minute of play. Chuck Ruff stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valdemar de Amaral's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. When Hampus Isaksson fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Six Pac FC's protests and gave Hampus Isaksson a yellow card for diving instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Valdemar de Amaral to make the kick off. Chuck Ruff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilmar Romero in the 52nd minute of play. Chuck Ruff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valdemar de Amaral in the 54th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valdemar de Amaral got free with Chuck Ruff in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Chuck Ruff showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gilmar Romero in the 65th minute of the match. Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho's Sylwester Zarobski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldo Fenomeno in the 67th minute of play. When Cauã Vasconcelos fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho's protests and gave Cauã Vasconcelos a yellow card for diving instead. After 68 played minutes Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho got a freekick which was hit by Cauã Vasconcelos. In the 79thth minute of the game Gilmar Romero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Six Pac FC's Chuck Ruff was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Franklin Galvão made a great header on Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho's corner, it was just that Six Pac FC's Chuck Ruff managed to reach the ball for a save. Gilmar Romero blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Chuck Ruff having to make a save. After 88 played minutes Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho got a freekick which was hit by Kléber Borges. In the 90th minute of the game Cauã Vasconcelos made a throw-in which Cauã Vasconcelos played forward. After 92 played minutes Grêmio Esportivo 20 Julho got a freekick which was hit by Kléber Borges.