U21 World League

Arena Cedro
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Lino Bembe made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roger Costa in the 5th minute. The supporters of ROJO booed when São José City - FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nelsinho Cunha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Roger Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roger Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of ROJO booed when São José City - FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roger Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. São José City - FSCMZ's Hélder Severo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Huijsmans in the 18th minute of play. Roger Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 22nd minute Javier Palben shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hélder Severo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Felix Bizi blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hélder Severo having to make a save. Edgar Cavalcante lost his temper 29 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 29th match minute, São José City - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgar Cavalcante to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 30 minutes, Roman Haritz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ROJO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roman Haritz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 38th match minute, ROJO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Primitivo Frederik to maneuver through the defense. Luiz Paulo Leão struck a weak shot in the 39th minute. Lino Bembe didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for São José City - FSCMZ. Roger Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lino Bembe having to interfere. Dito Xavier kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match.

51 minutes into the match, Jan Huijsmans had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hélder Severo. São José City - FSCMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jan Huijsmans was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 56 minutes into the match, ROJO's goal looked a bit too open when Nelsinho Cunha came free, but Lino Bembe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 58th minute Javier Palben shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hélder Severo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Silvinho Pernambucano tried in the 60th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Hélder Severo a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 0-2. If Roger Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 64th minute, Roman Haritz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lino Bembe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roger Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. After a rather tough play, São José City - FSCMZ's Dito Xavier got a free kick in the 72nd minute. After a rather tough play, ROJO's Roman Haritz got a free kick in the 76th minute. Nelsinho Cunha's late challenge caught a ROJO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nelsinho Cunha helped the player get up and apologised. In the 80th match minute, São José City - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nelsinho Cunha to maneuver through the defense. Jan Huijsmans sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 91 minutes, Roger Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. São José City - FSCMZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roger Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Hélder Severo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Javier Palben, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hélder Severo made a fantastic save in the 94th minute, when Jan Huijsmans sent off a good shot on target. The ROJO players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.