U23 World League

Arena Barcellos
Spectators: 7797 (Terracing: 5849, Seating: 1793, VIP seats: 155) Isidoro Francesco started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Tony Vianna blasted a shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Roman Loramendi having to make a save. The supporters of VAMO ARRIBA booed when Barcellos Mineiro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emanuel Domingues didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andrézinho Messias kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. In the 9th minute, Alejandro Dubardo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VAMO ARRIBA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Barcellos Mineiro FC's Geovânio de Medeiros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maurice Friebel in the 19th minute of play. Magno das Neves had several of the VAMO ARRIBA's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 21 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-1 score and a disappointed Roman Loramendi as he didn't even see the shot coming. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Francesco in the 24th minute of play forced Barcellos Mineiro FC's goalkeeper Geovânio de Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geovânio de Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maurice Friebel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 28 minutes, Maurice Friebel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the VAMO ARRIBA and the Barcellos Mineiro FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 28th match minute, VAMO ARRIBA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maurice Friebel to maneuver through the defense. Roman Loramendi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Vianna in the 29th minute of the match. Geovânio de Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Havier in the 31st minute of play. In the 33rd minute Maurice Friebel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovânio de Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Geovânio de Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alejandro Dubardo in the 37th minute of the match. Geovânio de Medeiros didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isidoro Francesco went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. When Eduardo James fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored VAMO ARRIBA's protests and gave Eduardo James a yellow card for diving instead. In the 42nd match minute, VAMO ARRIBA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo James to maneuver through the defense. Emanuel Domingues took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 43rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Roman Loramendi. VAMO ARRIBA's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 45th minute, Alejandro Dubardo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emanuel Domingues's late challenge caught a VAMO ARRIBA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emanuel Domingues helped the player get up and apologised. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Magno das Neves stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santiago Havier got free with Geovânio de Medeiros in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to VAMO ARRIBA getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Basilio Vasco hit a great ball. Roman Loramendi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Magno das Neves in the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th minute Tony Vianna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Loramendi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Magno das Neves in the 70th minute of play forced VAMO ARRIBA's goalkeeper Roman Loramendi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute Magno das Neves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Loramendi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 76 played minutes Barcellos Mineiro FC got a freekick which was hit by Andrézinho Messias. The supporters of Barcellos Mineiro FC booed when VAMO ARRIBA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Teofilo Txomin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 82nd minute, Emanuel Domingues sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and VAMO ARRIBA's Roman Loramendi didn't even have to move. The supporters of VAMO ARRIBA booed when Barcellos Mineiro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emanuel Domingues didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Barcellos Mineiro FC's Geovânio de Medeiros got control of the ball when Maurice Friebel tried to sneak it across the goal line. The VAMO ARRIBA players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.