U21 World League

Soldiers Field
Spectators: 7711 (Terracing: 5785, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kauan Amaral got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Ares FC -MM-'s Dorin Iovulescu got a free kick in the 2nd minute. In the 5th minute, Kauan Amaral ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jo Ares was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Anton Hurezan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 11th minute Davi Novaes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jo Ares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 13th minute of the match 27 de Mayo got a corner. Ares FC -MM-'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ciro Gaspar ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ciro Gaspar made a great header on 27 de Mayo's corner, it was just that Ares FC -MM-'s Jo Ares managed to reach the ball for a save. In the game's 13th minute 27 de Mayo's Ciro Gaspar took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Jo Ares and thus the score was 0-2. 18 minutes into the game, Anton Hurezan recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Enéas Leme. Anton Hurezan showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-2. 27 minutes into the match, 27 de Mayo's goal looked a bit too open when Ilie Ciociu came free, but Enéas Leme reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 32nd minute, Cauan Sousa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jo Ares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tiaguinho Moreno, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Ares FC -MM-'s Anton Hurezan got a free kick in the 41st minute. Jo Ares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kauan Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Cătălin Şoiman hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. In the 47th minute, Anton Hurezan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Enéas Leme. The goal made the score 3-2. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

Tiaguinho Moreno scored 3-3 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jo Ares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 55 minutes into the match, Ares FC -MM-'s goalkeeper Jo Ares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tiaguinho Moreno. With an all-out effort, 27 de Mayo's Jo Ares threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Cauan Sousa, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Enéas Leme took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aristide Chihaia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th match minute, 27 de Mayo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiaguinho Moreno to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Davi Novaes in the 67th minute of play forced Ares FC -MM-'s goalkeeper Jo Ares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ares FC -MM-'s Jo Ares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Davi Novaes in the 67th minute of play. In the 76th minute, Davi Novaes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 27 de Mayo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-4. After 79 played minutes Ares FC -MM- got a freekick which was hit by Virgil Turceanu. Enéas Leme didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anton Hurezan went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-4 was the resulting score. If Anton Hurezan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Enéas Leme made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aristide Chihaia in the 90th minute of play.