U21 World League

Maderedo
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Daniel Rojas started the match with the kick off. Gonçalo Macedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Rojas in the 13th minute of play. Daniel Rojas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 17thth minute, Gonçalo Macedo skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 20 minutes into the match, Daniel Rojas notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of La Cosa Nostra's Gonçalo Macedo. Gonçalo Macedo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 23rd minute Daniel Rojas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gonçalo Macedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute, Elias Rebocho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The La Cosa Nostra fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Gonçalo Macedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Rojas, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. When Mauro Bocaran fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Caaguazu's protests and gave Mauro Bocaran a yellow card for diving instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Nivaldo Vieira managed to get in a good position for a shot. La Cosa Nostra's supporters rose to their feet, but Nivaldo Vieira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rich Barth breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rich Barth took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elias Rebocho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 Elias Rebocho made a kick off. Rich Barth made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Elias Rebocho sent off a good shot on target. Caaguazu made a substitution. Kismi Sierralta replaced Federigo Cuenca. Baldomero Vellon made in the 59th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by La Cosa Nostra's Abílio Brito. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arlo Albiz during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of La Cosa Nostra booed when Caaguazu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arlo Albiz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rich Barth showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elias Rebocho, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Caaguazu's zone, Elias Rebocho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rich Barth came out of the goal and Elias Rebocho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Daniel Rojas in the 68th minute of play forced La Cosa Nostra's goalkeeper Gonçalo Macedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rich Barth didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elias Rebocho went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. With an all-out effort, La Cosa Nostra's Rich Barth threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Elias Rebocho, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 76th minute Elias Rebocho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rich Barth saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, Caaguazu's goalkeeper Rich Barth had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Angelo Eiró. 80 minutes into the game, Baldomero Vellon was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Caaguazu's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave La Cosa Nostra the free kick. After a rather tough play, Caaguazu's Baldomero Vellon got a free kick in the 80th minute. In the 84th minute La Cosa Nostra were awarded a corner. Matias Ginter went to the cornerflag to take it. Elias Rebocho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rich Barth having to interfere. Angelo Eiró received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Rich Barth tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.