U21 World League

Mancini Arena
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leonel Donatello got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Romeo Rienda in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christiano Trevisan saved Morro Grande E.C from getting behind. Morro Grande E.C's Christiano Trevisan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Rienda in the 8th minute of play. Romeo Rienda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 10 minutes into the match, Morro Grande E.C's goalkeeper Christiano Trevisan had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Romeo Rienda. Inguma Baños hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 17th minute, Romeo Rienda got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Christiano Trevisan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romeo Rienda, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Dagoberto Escobar fell near the penalty area in the 24th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored U.D. Mancini's protests and gave Dagoberto Escobar a yellow card for diving instead. After 24 played minutes U.D. Mancini got a freekick which was hit by Dagoberto Escobar. Inguma Baños kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Jorginho Mazza took the ball and in the 33 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Taio Elias. Taio Elias dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Jorge Sá kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Romeo Rienda did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Christiano Trevisan 37 minutes into the match. Christiano Trevisan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Rienda, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Christiano Trevisan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeo Rienda, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Romeo Rienda to make the kick off. In the 61st match minute, Morro Grande E.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorge Sá to maneuver through the defense. Morro Grande E.C's Christiano Trevisan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Rienda in the 63rd minute of play. Jorginho Mazza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. U.D. Mancini made a substitution. Thomas Herrero replaced Xerardo Pujol. In the 77thth minute of the game Romeo Rienda who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Morro Grande E.C's Christiano Trevisan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 79th minute, Vitin Bouzas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute of the match Ronaldinho Meira shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Taio Elias showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Romeo Rienda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christiano Trevisan was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Sá in the 87th minute of play forced U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Taio Elias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Sá in the 88th minute of play forced U.D. Mancini's goalkeeper Taio Elias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Morro Grande E.C defense, Romeo Rienda kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christiano Trevisan. The Morro Grande E.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christiano Trevisan should have stopped the shot. U.D. Mancini were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Morro Grande E.C for a fine match.