U23 World League

Jose Angel Zuazaga
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Victorio Quiroga took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Mercado Paulista F.C getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Diego Vargas hit a great ball. Cristian Eduino took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Américo Fernandes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7thth minute of the game Américo Fernandes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mercado Paulista F.C's Cristian Eduino was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 8th match minute, Mercado Paulista F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Vargas to maneuver through the defense. In the 9th minute, Artur França got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 11th minute Artur França shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristian Eduino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ediberto Mandrak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Cristian Eduino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Yuri Alberto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Victorio Quiroga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mateus de Senna having to interfere. In the 23rd minute, Hílton Pinheiro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristian Eduino was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Cristian Eduino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ediberto Mandrak, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute Américo Fernandes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristian Eduino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Mercado Paulista F.C getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. David Fraco hit a great ball. Cristian Eduino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Américo Fernandes, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Américo Fernandes in the 37th minute of play forced Mercado Paulista F.C's goalkeeper Cristian Eduino to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute, Artur França left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Juventus EC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 47th minute Artur França shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristian Eduino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Yuri Alberto to strike the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Américo Fernandes took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Cristian Eduino to make any attempt to save it. Cristian Eduino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur França in the 54th minute of play. Cristian Eduino made an important save on a dangerous shot by Américo Fernandes in the 55th minute. 59 minutes into the game, Juventus EC's Yuri Alberto nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cristian Eduino made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Cristian Eduino made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Yuri Alberto sent off a good shot on target. Cristian Eduino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Américo Fernandes went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Cristian Eduino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ediberto Mandrak, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Cristian Eduino made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Yuri Alberto sent off a good shot on target. 84 minutes into the match, Mercado Paulista F.C's goalkeeper Cristian Eduino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Yuri Alberto. When Albino Asteri fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mercado Paulista F.C's protests and gave Albino Asteri a yellow card for diving instead. In the 88th play minute Yuri Alberto came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Cristian Eduino. 0-7. The Mercado Paulista F.C fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Juventus EC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.