U23 World League

Estádio Aracatiara
Spectators: 7477 (Terracing: 5609, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gustavo Vinhas started the match with the kick off. In the 5thth minute of the game Gustavo Vinhas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Aracatiara EC's Mario Radius was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 9 minutes into the game, Gustavo Vinhas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Mario Radius was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Gustavo Vinhas struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Mario Radius didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Saiko FC. The audience was convinced that Gustavo Vinhas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mario Radius was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. In the 18th minute of the match Waldir Mandrak sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mario Radius skillfully saved the ball. Mario Radius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo Vinhas in the 20th minute of play. In the 22nd minute Saiko FC were awarded a corner. Waldir Mandrak went to the cornerflag to take it. Thanks to some nice moves Nelson Amaral could shoot a difficult shot in the 24th minute, which Dráuzio Sena however easily saved by the left post. Mario Radius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gustavo Vinhas in the 26th minute of the match. In the 27thth minute of the game Gustavo Vinhas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Aracatiara EC's Mario Radius was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mario Radius stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dinei Laguna's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. In the 35th minute Gustavo Vinhas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mario Radius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mario Radius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo Vinhas in the 39th minute of play. In the 39thth minute of the game Gustavo Vinhas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Aracatiara EC's Mario Radius was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gustavo Vinhas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mario Radius having to interfere. When Saiko FC's Gustavo Vinhas in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Aracatiara EC's goalie prevented a goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Nelson Amaral made the kick off in the second half. Dinei Laguna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mario Radius having to interfere. Aracatiara EC's Horácio Pontes got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 64 minutes into the match, Aracatiara EC's goal looked a bit too open when Dinei Laguna came free, but Mario Radius reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dinei Laguna succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-4 in the 64th playminute. Horácio Pontes took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dráuzio Sena. Dráuzio Sena dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. In the 74th minute Gustavo Vinhas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mario Radius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gustavo Vinhas took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Mario Radius. Mario Radius dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-5. Mario Radius didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Saiko FC's Gustavo Vinhas shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-6 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 1-7 when Gustavo Vinhas sped through Aracatiara EC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mario Radius. Mario Radius didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Saiko FC's Gustavo Vinhas shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-8 in the ordered_time% minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Saiko FC's Gustavo Vinhas slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mario Radius. That made the score 1-9 after 91 minutes of play.