U23 World League

La Visera
Spectators: 7751 (Terracing: 5830, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when José Paulo Alvarenga kicked off to start the match. If José Paulo Alvarenga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 19 minutes into the match, Fml Cobiçados HD's goalkeeper Antônio Carlos Travassos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Saturnino Diagur. Antônio Carlos Travassos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximo Aritza in the 30th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute Alkeides Liberoyiannis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cornelio Merexildo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cornelio Merexildo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Paulo Alvarenga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Li Sha Yuan in the 40th minute of play forced Fml Cobiçados HD's goalkeeper Antônio Carlos Travassos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antônio Carlos Travassos was out of position in the 41 minute of play, and Li Sha Yuan capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Li Sha Yuan really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Maximo Aritza was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Fml Cobiçados HD's zone, Saturnino Diagur stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Antônio Carlos Travassos came out of the goal and Saturnino Diagur tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Maximo Aritza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antônio Carlos Travassos was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Alkeides Liberoyiannis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Cornelio Merexildo made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as Håkan Wik kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Cornelio Merexildo. That made the score 2-2 in the 67 minute of play. Fml Cobiçados HD made a substitution. Alkis Skinas replaced Noah Bispo. The supporters of Defensores del Albinegro booed when Fml Cobiçados HD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Håkan Wik didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Cornelio Merexildo managed to avoid a goal in the 79thth minute, when Fml Cobiçados HD's Tobias Leheren fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 82nd minute, Alkeides Liberoyiannis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Fml Cobiçados HD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. Fml Cobiçados HD made a substitution. Sebastián Leto replaced Alkeides Liberoyiannis. After having played for 88 minutes, Tobias Leheren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fml Cobiçados HD's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tobias Leheren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.