U23 World League

Juan Domíngo Peron
Spectators: 7285 (Terracing: 5785, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Su Yuan Yu started the match with the kick off. With a little luck, Marquês de Herval's Oscar Freire got control of the ball when Ismael Brun tried to sneak it across the goal line. Real Racing Club were awarded a corner in the 13th minute after Marquês de Herval's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Robustiano Nicholas took the corner. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vinny Junior during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ismael Brun got free with Oscar Freire in the 16th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 23 minutes into the game, Real Racing Club's Su Yuan Yu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Oscar Freire made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. In the 26th minute, Real Racing Club's Ismael Brun ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Oscar Freire. Oscar Freire yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. 28 minutes into the match, Su Yuan Yu dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Oscar Freire, 3-0. Manfredo Domingues took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Gao Fei. Gao Fei dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Oscar Freire was a little too slow when Kris Palmann got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 38th minute. The score was now 4-1. 43 minutes into the game, Celso Maldonado recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Oscar Freire. Celso Maldonado showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 5-1. Gao Fei came out of the goal in the 46th minute to try and stop a shot by Marquês de Herval's Manfredo Domingues. But to his dismay, Manfredo Domingues quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 5-2.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Kris Palmann in the 52nd minute of play forced Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Oscar Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oscar Freire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kris Palmann in the 56th minute of the match. Oscar Freire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ismael Brun in the 58th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute Kris Palmann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oscar Freire saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Real Racing Club getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Silvio Amato hit a great ball. Marquês de Herval's attack was well implemented in the 65th minute, but when Vinny Junior was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Su Yuan Yu in the 67th minute of play forced Marquês de Herval's goalkeeper Oscar Freire to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Celso Maldonado kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Gao Fei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Fabiano Clemente in the 68th minute of play. A collision led to Marquês de Herval getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Lucas Rabelo hit a great ball. Marquês de Herval's Oscar Freire played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Su Yuan Yu in the 75th minute of play. A collision led to Real Racing Club getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Silvio Amato hit a great ball. Cesar Cordairo kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Igor Guedes was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 85th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Oscar Freire took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ismael Brun, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kris Palmann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 91st minute Jose Primo suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Real Racing Club's Arnaldo Solustiano was substituted for Jose Primo. In the 93rd minute, Manfredo Domingues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 94 minutes into the match, Marquês de Herval's goal looked a bit too open when Ismael Brun came free, but Oscar Freire reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 95th match minute, Marquês de Herval was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Davi Cearense to maneuver through the defense. Real Racing Club's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.