U23 World League

Jereba
Spectators: 7683 (Terracing: 5763, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) Jereba 4EVER's Adalberto Macedo 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. Romeu da Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Castulo, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 7 minutes had been played when some careless play by Jereba 4EVER's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Israel Galsino was slow to take the kick. During this time Sirius Dog's players had a chance to rest. Sirius Dog's Laureano Barto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Sirius Dog from getting a goal against them. Romeu da Cunha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Castulo in the 11th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the match, Alvaro Eguerdi notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Jereba 4EVER's Romeu da Cunha. Romeu da Cunha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Laureano Barto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elivélton Albuquerque in the 16th minute of play. 20 minutes into the game, Alvaro Eguerdi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Romeu da Cunha was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Duda Veloso hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. 25 minutes into the match, Sirius Dog's goal looked a bit too open when Abelardo Brodel came free, but Laureano Barto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romeu da Cunha showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvaro Eguerdi, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Flavio Beat hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Jereba 4EVER's Dudu Pimenta got a free kick in the 29th minute. Duda Veloso hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Israel Galsino managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sirius Dog's supporters rose to their feet, but Israel Galsino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Romeu da Cunha breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Laureano Barto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abelardo Brodel, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. 37 minutes into the match, Jereba 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Tomás Castulo came free, but Romeu da Cunha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomás Castulo in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Romeu da Cunha saved Jereba 4EVER from getting behind. Laureano Barto made a fantastic save in the 43rd minute, when Vito Porto sent off a good shot on target. 44 minutes into the match, Ermegildo Terciero had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Romeu da Cunha. Jereba 4EVER's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ermegildo Terciero was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Laureano Barto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Brodel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alvaro Eguerdi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Abelardo Brodel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Laureano Barto was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Israel Galsino kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomás Castulo in the 58th minute of play forced Jereba 4EVER's goalkeeper Romeu da Cunha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Flavio Beat hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Laureano Barto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Brodel in the 62nd minute of the match. Narciso Romero hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. When Jeronimo Berart fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sirius Dog's protests and gave Jeronimo Berart a yellow card for diving instead. After 67 played minutes Sirius Dog got a freekick which was hit by Jeronimo Berart. It was beautiful to see Jereba 4EVER's Dudu Pimenta in action when he in the 69th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! After 70 played minutes Sirius Dog got a freekick which was hit by Israel Galsino. Tomás Castulo had several of the Jereba 4EVER's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 73 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-5 score and a disappointed Romeu da Cunha as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 76th match minute, Jereba 4EVER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dário Sampaio to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vito Porto in the 80th minute of play forced Sirius Dog's goalkeeper Laureano Barto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sirius Dog's Laureano Barto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vito Porto in the 83rd minute of play. In the 88th minute Abelardo Brodel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Laureano Barto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tomás Castulo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Romeu da Cunha made a huge save. Romeu da Cunha was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Alvaro Eguerdi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 95 minute of play. The Sirius Dog supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Sirius Dog would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.