U21 World League

Arena Prezulo
Spectators: 7754 (Terracing: 5817, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cristóvão Lucas took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dino Saraiva in the 7th minute of play forced PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Dida Brasil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dida Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dino Saraiva, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. A collision led to PREZULO FC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. José Pedro Dracena hit a great ball. PREZULO FC's Dida Brasil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Didi Mattos in the 14th minute of play. After 16 minutes, Mané Corrêa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PREZULO FC and the Floresta Club U18 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 22nd minute, Gilberto Silva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dida Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Didi Mattos in the 35th minute of the match. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Didi Mattos made a kick off. Floresta Club U18's Hudson de Souza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cristóvão Lucas in the 52nd minute of play. 53 minutes into the match, PREZULO FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gláuber Abreu came free, but Dida Brasil reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 53rd match minute, PREZULO FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Pedro Dracena to maneuver through the defense. PREZULO FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 54th minute, when Eusébio Baptista scored to the left of an out of position Dida Brasil, making the score, 0-1. Hudson de Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mané Corrêa, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After having played for 59 minutes, Didi Mattos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Floresta Club U18's supporters crossed their fingers, but Didi Mattos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 60 minutes into the game, José Pedro Dracena was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PREZULO FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Floresta Club U18 the free kick. José Pedro Dracena hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Eusébio Baptista took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 61st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dida Brasil. PREZULO FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Eusébio Baptista struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Dida Brasil didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Floresta Club U18. Hudson de Souza didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Severino Secco went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The audience was convinced that Mané Corrêa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hudson de Souza was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Didi Mattos in the 73rd minute of play forced PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Dida Brasil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Didi Mattos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dida Brasil. PREZULO FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Didi Mattos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Hudson de Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cristóvão Lucas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 89 minutes into the match, PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Dida Brasil had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dino Saraiva. In the 90th minute, Didi Mattos 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. When the final whistle sounded Floresta Club U18 left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than PREZULO FC.