U23 World League

ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Arena®
Spectators: 7669 (Terracing: 5752, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Elder Hermes started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute Marcus Arce shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oswaldo Nunes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's Xande Gay played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Pena in the 9th minute of play. BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's Xande Gay proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS from getting a goal against them. Oswaldo Nunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Arce in the 16th minute of play. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Oswaldo Nunes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elder Hermes in the 20th minute of play. Xande Gay made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Luiz Nascimento sent off a good shot on target. Xande Gay made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Luiz Nascimento sent off a good shot on target. BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's Marcus Arce got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Bentong Molinos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tiago Gabriel Velloso hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. José Pedro Loureiro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 39th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Xande Gay. BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Pena in the 40th minute of play forced BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's goalkeeper Xande Gay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kauan Mandrak hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Luiz Nascimento made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Nascimento in the 52nd minute of play forced BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's goalkeeper Xande Gay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute, BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's Bentong Molinos ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Oswaldo Nunes. Oswaldo Nunes yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Xande Gay showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nando de Queiroz in the 61st minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcus Arce got free with Oswaldo Nunes in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A sloppy throw-in by Emanuel Mazza in the 67th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Kauã Nascimento. Aloísio de Brito's late challenge caught a ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aloísio de Brito helped the player get up and apologised. In the 69th match minute, BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aloísio de Brito to maneuver through the defense. In the 73rd minute, Marcus Arce hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 74th minute Luiz Nascimento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xande Gay saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xande Gay showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nando de Queiroz, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 81 minutes into the match, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's goal looked a bit too open when Elder Hermes came free, but Oswaldo Nunes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Nascimento in the 89th minute of play forced BK TECH EQUIPAMENTOS's goalkeeper Xande Gay to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marcus Arce in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Oswaldo Nunes saved ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Luiz Nascimento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Xande Gay was relentless in the 95th minute of the game.