U23 World League

La Polvera de Boca
Spectators: 7658 (Terracing: 5745, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) El Retorno de Palermo's Natalio Nabar started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. When the match clock showed 4 minutes, the score became 0-1 when João Vítor Meireles sped through El Retorno de Palermo's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Modesto Olentzaro. João Vítor Meireles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. El Retorno de Palermo's Modesto Olentzaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joel Teles in the 9th minute of play. Washington Cavalcante showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernabe Donio, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Celsinho Carneiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Washington Cavalcante took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernabe Donio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling João Vítor Meireles in the 19th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Modesto Olentzaro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. LADEIRA DO BATISTA FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by João Vítor Meireles in the 20th minute. A nice corner shot did that João Vítor Meireles got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Modesto Olentzaro quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 22 minutes into the match, El Retorno de Palermo's goal looked a bit too open when Celsinho Carneiro came free, but Modesto Olentzaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Modesto Olentzaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Vítor Meireles in the 37th minute of play. Modesto Olentzaro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from João Vítor Meireles went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling João Vítor Meireles in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Modesto Olentzaro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers João Vítor Meireles in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Modesto Olentzaro saved El Retorno de Palermo from getting behind. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell João Vítor Meireles to make the kick off. With his leg Modesto Olentzaro managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when LADEIRA DO BATISTA FC's João Vítor Meireles fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Bernabe Donio fell near the penalty area in the 57th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Retorno de Palermo's protests and gave Bernabe Donio a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, El Retorno de Palermo's Bernabe Donio got a free kick in the 57th minute. João Vítor Meireles who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 59thth minute tested the skills of Modesto Olentzaro when he managed to save the team from getting behind. El Retorno de Palermo's Modesto Olentzaro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Vítor Meireles in the 60th minute of play. João Vítor Meireles's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 64thth minute, Modesto Olentzaro skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 65 minutes into the match, LADEIRA DO BATISTA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Bernabe Donio came free, but Washington Cavalcante reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, LADEIRA DO BATISTA FC's Ademir Siqueira got a free kick in the 66th minute. LADEIRA DO BATISTA FC's Bernardo Maia was substituted for Joel Teles. LADEIRA DO BATISTA FC made a substitution. Cássio Quintal replaced Gilberto Souza. After 67 played minutes LADEIRA DO BATISTA FC got a freekick which was hit by Ademir Siqueira. 72 minutes into the match, João Vítor Meireles had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Modesto Olentzaro. El Retorno de Palermo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that João Vítor Meireles was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Washington Cavalcante took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hilario Mikeldi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 77th minute Bernabe Donio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Washington Cavalcante saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alberto Walme hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bernabe Donio in the 86th minute of play forced LADEIRA DO BATISTA FC's goalkeeper Washington Cavalcante to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Cristo Lorencio fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored El Retorno de Palermo's protests and gave Cristo Lorencio a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of LADEIRA DO BATISTA FC booed when El Retorno de Palermo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristo Lorencio didn't get a good kick on the ball. LADEIRA DO BATISTA FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.