World League

Sleepy Hollow
Spectators: 7494 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 140) Uruguaiana's Luís Fabiano Mattos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Uruguaiana's André Sena proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Uruguaiana from getting a goal against them. After 5 minutes of play, The Handsome Wizards UTD's Claudio Antonangeli made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. André Sena was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Uruguaiana getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Fabrício Pombal hit a great ball. After 13 played minutes The Handsome Wizards UTD got a freekick which was hit by Claudio Antonangeli. After 17 minutes of play, The Handsome Wizards UTD's Claudio Antonangeli made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. André Sena was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 28th match minute, The Handsome Wizards UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikola Tesla to maneuver through the defense. In the 31st minute, Marcelo Sousa got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With his leg André Sena managed to avoid a goal in the 37thth minute, when The Handsome Wizards UTD's Claudio Antonangeli fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, The Handsome Wizards UTD's Nikola Tesla got a free kick in the 39th minute. 41 minutes into the match, Uruguaiana's goal looked a bit too open when Claudio Antonangeli came free, but André Sena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. André Sena was out of position in the 44 minute of play, and Claudio Antonangeli capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Claudio Antonangeli really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. 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 3-0.

The wind increased when Claudio Antonangeli made the kick off in the second half. Marcial Cisquella showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Silas Esteves in the 55th minute of the match. 57 minutes in the game Víktor Rocha did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Jorginho Britto. Fabrício Pombal kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. André Sena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kasey Bond, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Uruguaiana defense, Claudio Antonangeli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of André Sena. The Uruguaiana fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that André Sena should have stopped the shot. André Sena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudio Antonangeli in the 66th minute of play. 67 minutes into the game, The Handsome Wizards UTD's Claudio Antonangeli nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. André Sena made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Uruguaiana made a substitution. Marquinhos Diniz replaced Silas Esteves. Uruguaiana made a substitution. Gerson Couto replaced Marcelo Sousa. Uruguaiana's Flávio Veloso was substituted for Luís Fabiano Mattos. 78 minutes into the match, The Handsome Wizards UTD's Claudio Antonangeli sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that André Sena narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Claudio Antonangeli recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the Uruguaiana defense, Nikola Tesla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of André Sena. The Uruguaiana fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that André Sena should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Nikola Tesla managed to get in a good position for a shot. The Handsome Wizards UTD's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikola Tesla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. André Sena breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Handsome Wizards UTD's Claudio Antonangeli got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Claudio Antonangeli managed to get in a good position for a shot. The Handsome Wizards UTD's supporters rose to their feet, but Claudio Antonangeli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. André Sena breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Handsome Wizards UTD walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.