U23 World League

Estádio dos Breguets
Spectators: 7584 (Terracing: 5689, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Aki Guardo made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in Breguete FC's zone, Aki Guardo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jefferson Souza came out of the goal and Aki Guardo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Breguete FC's Jefferson Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chiquinho Faria in the 6th minute of play. Hernani Leme received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Jefferson Souza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hernani Leme struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Jefferson Souza didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for LUIZ PANATO. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aki Guardo in the 12th minute of play forced Breguete FC's goalkeeper Jefferson Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute, Michel Pires made a precise shot to the right of Jefferson Souza. Breguete FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 20th minute of the match LUIZ PANATO got a corner. Breguete FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gualter Camargo ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led LUIZ PANATO's Virgil Gherasim to fire away a dangerous shot which Jefferson Souza despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Breguete FC's Jefferson Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hernani Leme in the 23rd minute of play. Breguete FC's Jefferson Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michel Pires in the 24th minute of play. 27 minutes into the game, Imet Naschekin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. LUIZ PANATO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Breguete FC the free kick. A collision led to LUIZ PANATO getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Imet Naschekin hit a great ball. 31 minutes into the game, Rodrigo Domingues cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Guto Taffarel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Benê Fernandez hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Jefferson Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aki Guardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rodrigo Domingues to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Nathan Fernandes made a precise shot to the right of Guto Taffarel. LUIZ PANATO's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Jefferson Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aki Guardo, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Chiquinho Faria succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-3 in the 61st playminute. After a rather tough play, LUIZ PANATO's Hernani Leme got a free kick in the 66th minute. 69 minutes into the match, LUIZ PANATO's goal looked a bit too open when Roberto Toledo came free, but Guto Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Breguete FC's Ulysses de Salles was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Guto Taffarel in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 72nd minute Hernani Leme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jefferson Souza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michel Pires in the 77th minute of play forced Breguete FC's goalkeeper Jefferson Souza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jefferson Souza made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Hernani Leme sent off a good shot on target. When Hernani Leme came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the LUIZ PANATO fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Hernani Leme couldn't finish the play. Jefferson Souza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hernani Leme in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 86th minute, Aki Guardo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as LUIZ PANATO's Hernani Leme slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Jefferson Souza. That made the score 2-4 after 90 minutes of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aki Guardo got free with Jefferson Souza in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.