U21 World League

Arena do Grêmio
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when David Rey took the kick off in the first half of the match. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, David Rey put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Rui Varela. In the 16th match minute, Sacando del Medio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ernesto Perico to maneuver through the defense. Celso Mendes succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 17th playminute. Grêmio FBPA's Rui Varela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Rey in the 19th minute of play. A collision led to Grêmio FBPA getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Claudinho Zonta hit a great ball. When Felix Abreu fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sacando del Medio's protests and gave Felix Abreu a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Sacando del Medio's Felix Abreu got a free kick in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Barbosa in the 26th minute of play forced Grêmio FBPA's goalkeeper Rui Varela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 28 played minutes Sacando del Medio got a freekick which was hit by Christian Chaime. A collision led to Grêmio FBPA getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Wilian Alves hit a great ball. A collision led to Sacando del Medio getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Jorge Barbosa hit a great ball. In the 44th minute Siro Joseph shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rui Varela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Rey in the 46th minute of play forced Grêmio FBPA's goalkeeper Rui Varela to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

In the 58th minute Jorge Barbosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rui Varela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ernesto Perico got free with Rui Varela in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Grêmio FBPA's Rui Varela proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Grêmio FBPA from getting a goal against them. Rui Varela made an important save on a dangerous shot by Siro Joseph in the 69th minute. Rui Varela was out of position in the 71 minute of play, and Jorge Barbosa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Jorge Barbosa really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. Filomeno Dabi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celso Mendes, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Norberto Caton kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Grêmio FBPA defense, Siro Joseph kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rui Varela. The Grêmio FBPA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rui Varela should have stopped the shot. Enrique Pires kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Rui Varela showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Rey in the 91st minute of the match. The Grêmio FBPA supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Sacando del Medio's performance. The match ended with a win for Sacando del Medio.