U21 World League

Zeus Everest Arena
Spectators: 7838 (Terracing: 5880, Seating: 1802, VIP seats: 156) Rui Sá was extremely unlucky when he, in the 3rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. A collision led to Errecaborda AFC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Guillermo Tabb hit a great ball. When Rui Sá came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the Esquadrão Lusitano 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 Rui Sá couldn't finish the play. In the 15thth minute of the game Rui Sá who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Errecaborda AFC's Teo Lico was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Teo Lico stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Rui Sá's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucio Faro in the 18th minute of play forced Esquadrão Lusitano's goalkeeper Vítor Damas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th match minute, Esquadrão Lusitano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sidónio Pereira to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucio Faro in the 28th minute of play forced Esquadrão Lusitano's goalkeeper Vítor Damas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Esquadrão Lusitano's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Javier Peter was slow to take the kick. During this time Errecaborda AFC's players had a chance to rest. Teo Iigo made a great header on Errecaborda AFC's corner, it was just that Esquadrão Lusitano's Vítor Damas managed to reach the ball for a save. Teo Lico showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rui Sá in the 32nd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Esquadrão Lusitano's Rui Sá got a free kick in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rui Sá in the 37th minute of play forced Errecaborda AFC's goalkeeper Teo Lico to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes into the match, Esquadrão Lusitano's goal looked a bit too open when Lucio Faro came free, but Vítor Damas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rui Sá succeeded in the game's 46th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rui Sá to make the kick off. With an all-out effort, Errecaborda AFC's Vítor Damas threw himself towards the right post 51 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lucio Faro, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Marcelo Eztebe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 58 played minutes Esquadrão Lusitano got a freekick which was hit by Valdo Passos. Rui Sá fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Teo Lico having to interfere. In a very dangerous position, a player in Esquadrão Lusitano fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 66th minute. Penalty! Cristiano Cigaran kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Errecaborda AFC's goalkeeper Teo Lico, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 77th minute Marcelo Eztebe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vítor Damas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Teo Lico showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristiano Cigaran in the 94th minute of the match.