U21 World League

Santuário do Motivo
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Eduardo Valadares took the kick off in the first half of the match. O MOTIVO ⚽'s Bernardo de Salles got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 8 played minutes O MOTIVO ⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Cássio Furtado. After 8 played minutes, Figueira SC FSCMZ's Marcelo Medeiros shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Adalberto Figueiredo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Figueira SC FSCMZ reached it. O MOTIVO ⚽'s Adalberto Figueiredo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Guilherme Paiva in the 11th minute of play. Natanael Massa charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Natanael Massa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 16 played minutes O MOTIVO ⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Natanael Massa. Adalberto Figueiredo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Fabiano Félix, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Luiz Guilherme Paiva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Adalberto Figueiredo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geovani Borges in the 25th minute of the match. In the 25th minute, Geovani Borges ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Adalberto Figueiredo was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 30th minute of the game. One of O MOTIVO ⚽:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Figueira SC FSCMZ:s goal. O MOTIVO ⚽:s Adalberto Figueiredo showed great skill when he stopped Marcelo Medeiros:s penalty. Afonsinho Donatello kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. With a little luck, Figueira SC FSCMZ's Gino Hoffmann got control of the ball when Oswaldo Rosa tried to sneak it across the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, O MOTIVO ⚽'s Betinho Torres sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gino Hoffmann narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 42 played minutes O MOTIVO ⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Cássio Furtado. After 44 minutes, Geovani Borges made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. O MOTIVO ⚽'s Adalberto Figueiredo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Luiz Guilherme Paiva made the kick off in the second half. Gino Hoffmann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Betinho Torres in the 58th minute of play. Gino Hoffmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Betinho Torres, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. The supporters of O MOTIVO ⚽ booed when Figueira SC FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reinaldo Carvalho didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernardo de Salles in the 67th minute of play forced Figueira SC FSCMZ's goalkeeper Gino Hoffmann to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of O MOTIVO ⚽ booed when Figueira SC FSCMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Afonsinho Donatello didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gino Hoffmann took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oswaldo Rosa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oswaldo Rosa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Gino Hoffmann tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Evaristo Meiras short, quick shot in the 73rdth minute got Adalberto Figueiredo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Gino Hoffmann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oswaldo Rosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Betinho Torres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gino Hoffmann having to interfere. Adalberto Figueiredo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luiz Guilherme Paiva in the 91st minute. 93 minutes had been played when some careless play by O MOTIVO ⚽'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Marcelo Medeiros was slow to take the kick. During this time Figueira SC FSCMZ's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Marcelo Medeiros got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Adalberto Figueiredo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Reinaldo Carvalho hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. After having played for 98 minutes, Oswaldo Rosa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. O MOTIVO ⚽'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Oswaldo Rosa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Figueira SC FSCMZ walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.