U23 World League

Arena Saruê
Spectators: 7618 (Terracing: 5714, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Thiago Damião kicked off to start the match. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Thiago Damião took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Natanael Aparecido to make any attempt to save it. After some careless play in the Unidade Pinto Louco defense, Thiago Damião kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Natanael Aparecido. The Unidade Pinto Louco fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Natanael Aparecido should have stopped the shot. In the 16th minute, Thiago Damião made a precise shot to the right of Natanael Aparecido. Unidade Pinto Louco's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. The supporters of Unidade Pinto Louco booed when AF CERRADO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Richard Travassos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thiago Damião struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Natanael Aparecido didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AF CERRADO. When the match clock showed 31 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Thiago Damião sped through Unidade Pinto Louco's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Natanael Aparecido. After 37 minutes, Kaká Goiano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AF CERRADO and the Unidade Pinto Louco players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 37th minute, Kaká Goiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 41 minutes, Álvaro Alcântara mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Unidade Pinto Louco and the AF CERRADO players grew even worse after the yellow card. When Kaká Goiano came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the AF CERRADO 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 Kaká Goiano couldn't finish the play. Natanael Aparecido was a little too slow when Thiago Damião got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 45th minute. The score was now 5-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Valério Sá stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thiago Damião in the 55th minute of play forced Unidade Pinto Louco's goalkeeper Natanael Aparecido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thiago Damião in the 56th minute of play forced Unidade Pinto Louco's goalkeeper Natanael Aparecido to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 61 minutes of play, AF CERRADO's Kaká Goiano made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Natanael Aparecido was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 64th minute, Kaká Goiano ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Natanael Aparecido was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Tomás Schmidt took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Natanael Aparecido. Natanael Aparecido dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. Natanael Aparecido showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thiago Damião, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. 75 minutes into the match, Unidade Pinto Louco's goal looked a bit too open when Kaká Goiano came free, but Natanael Aparecido reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute Thiago Damião shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natanael Aparecido saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valério Sá hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Thiago Damião took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Natanael Aparecido. Natanael Aparecido dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 10-0. Natanael Aparecido didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Thiago Damião went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 11-0 was the resulting score. Kaká Goiano got his second yellow card in the match during the 86th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of Unidade Pinto Louco booed when AF CERRADO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kaká Goiano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Natanael Aparecido stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Thiago Damião's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. 95 minutes into the match, Unidade Pinto Louco's goal looked a bit too open when Tomás Schmidt came free, but Natanael Aparecido reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thiago Damião scored 13-0 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Natanael Aparecido, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the referee ended the match the AF CERRADO players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.