U23 World League

MEC
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Felix Enol made the kick off which started today's match. In the 11th minute of the match, Marcos Boldrini got a very nice opportunity to score, but Zacarias Lucila was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Alfredo Loyola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jonathan Natal in the 14th minute of the match. Alfredo Loyola showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Natal, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After having played for 19 minutes, Luiz Paulo Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MarquinhosEC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luiz Paulo Santos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zacarias Lucila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Belmiro Paranaense in the 21st minute of the match. Zacarias Lucila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Paulo Santos in the 22nd minute of the match. Garrapatita Futbol's Zacarias Lucila played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Paulo Santos in the 27th minute of play. Garrapatita Futbol's defense didn't have a chance, in the 29th minute, when Belmiro Paranaense scored to the left of an out of position Zacarias Lucila, making the score, 1-0. After a rather tough play, MarquinhosEC's Luís Fabiano Neto got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 32nd minute of the match Jonathan Natal sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alfredo Loyola skillfully saved the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Garrapatita Futbol's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Paulo Santos came free, but Zacarias Lucila reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Fabiano da Cunha in the 38th minute of play forced Garrapatita Futbol's goalkeeper Zacarias Lucila to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 40 minutes, Luís Fabiano Neto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MarquinhosEC and the Garrapatita Futbol players grew even worse after the yellow card. Luís Fabiano Neto hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luiz Paulo Santos was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th match minute, MarquinhosEC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Belmiro Paranaense to maneuver through the defense. Jonathan Natal struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Alfredo Loyola didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Garrapatita Futbol. Zacarias Lucila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Paulo Santos in the 58th minute of play. Belmiro Paranaense took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zacarias Lucila. Zacarias Lucila dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. MarquinhosEC were furious when Luís Fabiano Neto was red carded, 65 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. Luís Fabiano Neto kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Natal in the 66th minute of play forced MarquinhosEC's goalkeeper Alfredo Loyola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 71 minutes, Luiz Fabiano da Cunha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. MarquinhosEC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luiz Fabiano da Cunha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zacarias Lucila showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Paulo Santos in the 82nd minute of the match. After 84 minutes of play, MarquinhosEC's Luiz Paulo Santos made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zacarias Lucila was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 91st minute of the match Jonathan Natal sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alfredo Loyola skillfully saved the ball. 93 minutes into the game, Luiz Fabiano da Cunha was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. MarquinhosEC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Garrapatita Futbol the free kick. After 93 played minutes MarquinhosEC got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Fabiano da Cunha. After 97 played minutes Garrapatita Futbol got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Natal. Garrapatita Futbol's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.