U21 World League

Syd Barret
Spectators: 7446 (Terracing: 5586, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vladimir de Almeida got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Pink Floyd's goal looked a bit too open when Gustavo Alvarenga came free, but Damaso Rivas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Pink Floyd getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Fernando Gartxot hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the game, Clemente Recife cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Damaso Rivas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Pink Floyd's Damaso Rivas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladimir de Almeida in the 10th minute of play. After 11 minutes of play, Danone CC's Gustavo Alvarenga made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Damaso Rivas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Damaso Rivas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dinei de Medeiros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Damaso Rivas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Alvarenga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mario Balotelli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Damaso Rivas having to interfere. Damaso Rivas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gustavo Alvarenga went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Vladimir de Almeida scored 0-4 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Damaso Rivas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 26 minutes into the game, Vladimir de Almeida cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Damaso Rivas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 30 minutes into the game, Vladimir de Almeida cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Damaso Rivas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Damaso Rivas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladimir de Almeida in the 33rd minute of the match. Gustavo Alvarenga scored 0-7 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Damaso Rivas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dito Braga kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. Damaso Rivas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vladimir de Almeida in the 39th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fabian Bihar during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Pink Floyd's Fabian Bihar got a free kick in the 41st minute. 45 minutes into the match, Vladimir de Almeida notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Pink Floyd's Damaso Rivas. Damaso Rivas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Fabian Bihar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Otávio Massa having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-8 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alvaro Innocenzio was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Pink Floyd getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Alvaro Innocenzio hit a great ball. 54 minutes into the match, Pink Floyd's goalkeeper Damaso Rivas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gustavo Alvarenga. Pink Floyd's Damaso Rivas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vladimir de Almeida in the 55th minute of play. In the 56th match minute, Pink Floyd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clodoveo Blanco to maneuver through the defense. Damaso Rivas came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Danone CC's Gustavo Alvarenga. But to his dismay, Gustavo Alvarenga quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-9. 62 minutes into the match, Pink Floyd's goal looked a bit too open when Vladimir de Almeida came free, but Damaso Rivas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Damaso Rivas was out of position in the 67 minute of play, and Gustavo Alvarenga capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gustavo Alvarenga really showed his touch with that goal: 0-11. 71 minutes into the match, Pink Floyd's goal looked a bit too open when Alfredinho Pimenta came free, but Damaso Rivas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute Gustavo Alvarenga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damaso Rivas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 75 minutes, Damaso Rivas successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 80th minute Gustavo Alvarenga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damaso Rivas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damaso Rivas was a little too slow when Joachim Hornø got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 82nd minute. The score was now 0-13. Damaso Rivas made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Alfredinho Pimenta sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gustavo Alvarenga in the 90th minute of play forced Pink Floyd's goalkeeper Damaso Rivas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vladimir de Almeida got free with Damaso Rivas in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Danone CC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.