U21 World League

Solar Arena
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hortêncio Linhares made the kick off which started today's match. Vladimir Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hortêncio Linhares in the 4th minute of play. Basílio Maranhense made an important save on a dangerous shot by Washington Berger in the 5th minute. In the 7thth minute of the game Hortêncio Linhares who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mala FC's Vladimir Neves was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Mala FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Inácio Sampaio hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hortêncio Linhares in the 15th minute of play forced Mala FC's goalkeeper Vladimir Neves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Mala FC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Adalberto Albuquerque hit a great ball. Mala FC's Vladimir Neves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hortêncio Linhares in the 21st minute of play. Samuel Dante hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Vladimir Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hortêncio Linhares in the 29th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Mala FC's goal looked a bit too open when Hortêncio Linhares came free, but Vladimir Neves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vladimir Neves stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hortêncio Linhares's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. After 32 minutes Mala FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Albertinho Meireles who took care of the corner kick. Basílio Maranhense made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Washington Berger in the 34th minute of play. In the 38th minute, Germano Luz 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. Samuel Dante's late challenge caught a INTER FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Samuel Dante helped the player get up and apologised. In the 40th match minute, Mala FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samuel Dante to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hortêncio Linhares in the 44th minute of play forced Mala FC's goalkeeper Vladimir Neves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half INTER FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Washington Berger to make the kick off. If Mandi Oca had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 57th minute, INTER FC's Mandi Oca dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. Vladimir Neves made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Hortêncio Linhares sent off a good shot on target. After 63 minutes of play Mala FC's Samuel Dante was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Samuel Dante kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Vladimir Neves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hortêncio Linhares went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. If Adalberto Albuquerque had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hortêncio Linhares could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Vladimir Neves made a huge save. After 73 minutes, Maurinho Jacinto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mala FC and the INTER FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Maurinho Jacinto hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Mandi Oca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Neves having to interfere. Mala FC's Vladimir Neves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Germano Luz in the 77th minute of play. Mala FC's Vladimir Neves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hortêncio Linhares in the 79th minute of play. A well done corner resulted in Germano Luz drilling the ball in to score 0-4 behind Mala FC's goalkeeper. 84 minutes into the match, Hortêncio Linhares dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vladimir Neves, 0-5. Vladimir Neves made a fantastic save in the 92nd minute, when Hortêncio Linhares sent off a good shot on target. INTER FC'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.