U21 World League

Estadio Ivan Ramljak
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fernan Roano made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Milanis E.C.'s Zé Carlos da Cunha got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 11th minute, • El Croacia fobal club •'s Fernan Roano ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Magno Braga. Magno Braga yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Ronaldão Mazza hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Magno Braga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nacho Montero in the 14th minute of play. Jorge Luke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Carlos da Cunha in the 18th minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Fernan Roano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jorge Luke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonardo Trancoso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Magno Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clemente Laurgain in the 28th minute of the match. The supporters of • El Croacia fobal club • booed when Milanis E.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Natã Salles didn't get a good kick on the ball. Magno Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernan Roano in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 34th minute, Fernan Roano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Magno Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nacho Montero in the 39th minute of the match. After 45 minutes, Natã Salles mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Milanis E.C. and the • El Croacia fobal club • players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Milanis E.C. getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Natã Salles hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Elano Telechea managed to get in a good position for a shot. • El Croacia fobal club •'s supporters rose to their feet, but Elano Telechea was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Magno Braga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Leonardo Trancoso stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Zé Carlos da Cunha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jorge Luke having to interfere. Magno Braga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elano Telechea in the 57th minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, • El Croacia fobal club •'s goalkeeper Jorge Luke had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leonardo Trancoso. When Elano Telechea fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored • El Croacia fobal club •'s protests and gave Elano Telechea a yellow card for diving instead. In the 60th minute, Elano Telechea hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zé Carlos da Cunha in the 61stth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jorge Luke, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With a little luck, • El Croacia fobal club •'s Jorge Luke got control of the ball when Leonardo Trancoso tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernan Roano in the 68th minute of play forced Milanis E.C.'s goalkeeper Magno Braga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Clemente Laurgain's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Magno Braga read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. Magno Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clemente Laurgain in the 76th minute of the match. Magno Braga came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by • El Croacia fobal club •'s Nacho Montero. But to his dismay, Nacho Montero quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. With a little luck, • El Croacia fobal club •'s Jorge Luke got control of the ball when Ronaldão Mazza tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nacho Montero scored 3-0 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Magno Braga, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Manuel Kelemen lost his temper 91 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The goalkeeper, Jorge Luke, was totally fooled by Milanis E.C.'s Luiz Fernando de Lima, who 93 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Magno Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nacho Montero in the 96th minute of the match. • El Croacia fobal club •'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.