U23 World League

Estadio do Dragao
Spectators: 7536 (Terracing: 5653, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) ZEZOM TEAM's Afonso Sacadura 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. Afonso Sacadura took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Oscar Saldanha. Oscar Saldanha dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Oscar Saldanha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Gonçalves in the 7th minute of the match. Squadra Demarchi's attentive Nilson Corrêa managed to snatch the ball when Lucas Sesimbra made a throw-in in the 13th minute of the game. Squadra Demarchi's Oscar Saldanha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afonso Sacadura in the 14th minute of play. Sérgio Batista kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Squadra Demarchi's Sérgio Batista seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Sérgio Batista the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Squadra Demarchi protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Sérgio Batista had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Squadra Demarchi:s Oscar Saldanha showed great skill when he stopped José Gonçalves:s penalty. ZEZOM TEAM's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by José Gonçalves in the 21st minute. Ricardo Carvalho kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. Merexildo Esoin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júnior Meirelles in the 25th minute of play. Claudinho Pinho's late challenge caught a ZEZOM TEAM's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Claudinho Pinho helped the player get up and apologised. In the 32nd minute, Claudinho Pinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Merexildo Esoin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudinho Pinho in the 34th minute of the match. Ivo Brochado's late challenge caught a Squadra Demarchi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ivo Brochado helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Squadra Demarchi booed when ZEZOM TEAM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivo Brochado didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute of the match Paulinho Paraibano sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Merexildo Esoin skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kléber Queirós in the 46th minute of play forced ZEZOM TEAM's goalkeeper Merexildo Esoin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Claudinho Pinho made the kick off in the second half. Diego Seabra recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Diego Seabra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Oscar Saldanha tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 57 minutes into the match, Squadra Demarchi's goal looked a bit too open when Diamantino Veríssimo came free, but Oscar Saldanha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manuel Leão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oscar Saldanha having to interfere. Oscar Saldanha came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by ZEZOM TEAM's José Gonçalves. But to his dismay, José Gonçalves quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinho Pinho in the 66th minute of play forced ZEZOM TEAM's goalkeeper Merexildo Esoin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute, Squadra Demarchi's Kléber Queirós ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Merexildo Esoin. Merexildo Esoin yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Diego Seabra charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Diego Seabra the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. 74 minutes into the match, ZEZOM TEAM's goalkeeper Merexildo Esoin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kléber Queirós. Squadra Demarchi's Kléber Queirós got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ciro Castro hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Squadra Demarchi's zone, Diego Seabra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Oscar Saldanha came out of the goal and Diego Seabra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Paulinho Paraibano kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Squadra Demarchi's goalkeeper Oscar Saldanha, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 94th match minute, Squadra Demarchi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciro Castro to maneuver through the defense.