U23 World League

Arena Furia
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Donato Messias took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind FURIA FIEL's goalkeeper Leopoldo Macedo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Leopoldo Macedo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alexandros Pantazakos went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cauã Vianna in the 20th minute of play forced FURIA FIEL's goalkeeper Leopoldo Macedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseu Negri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dagoberto de Sousa, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. After 24 minutes of play, New Loser FC's Alexandros Pantazakos made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leopoldo Macedo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Leopoldo Macedo came out of the goal in the 26th minute to try and stop a shot by New Loser FC's Donato Messias. But to his dismay, Donato Messias quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. In the 31st minute, Alexandros Pantazakos 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 35th minute, Donato Messias made a precise shot to the right of Leopoldo Macedo. FURIA FIEL's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. In the 39th minute, Nuno Barral hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in FURIA FIEL's zone, Alexandros Pantazakos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leopoldo Macedo came out of the goal and Alexandros Pantazakos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 43 minutes into the game, New Loser FC's Alexandros Pantazakos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Leopoldo Macedo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. Leopoldo Macedo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexandros Pantazakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half New Loser FC were leading 0-7. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ezequiel Teixeira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Leopoldo Macedo made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Alexandros Pantazakos sent off a good shot on target. In the 54th match minute, New Loser FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Donato Messias to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as New Loser FC's Cauã Vianna slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Leopoldo Macedo. That made the score 0-8 after 58 minutes of play. After 62 played minutes FURIA FIEL got a freekick which was hit by Ezequiel Teixeira. A collision led to New Loser FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Sydney Silva hit a great ball. Leopoldo Macedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Messias, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Alexandros Pantazakos took a quick shot and it went in 0-9 without a chance for Leopoldo Macedo to make any attempt to save it. Leopoldo Macedo was a little too slow when Alexandros Pantazakos got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 0-10. Donato Messias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leopoldo Macedo having to interfere. Leopoldo Macedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cauã Vianna in the 88th minute of the match. Dagoberto de Sousa hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. FURIA FIEL's Leopoldo Macedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandros Pantazakos in the 91st minute of play. A well placed Alexandros Pantazakos short distance shot in the 91st minute ended with a hard ball which without a chance for the goalkeeper went staright up into the goalkeepers left cross. When Sydney Silva fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored New Loser FC's protests and gave Sydney Silva a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of FURIA FIEL booed when New Loser FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sydney Silva didn't get a good kick on the ball. New Loser FC played a much better game than FURIA FIEL and deserved their victory. The FURIA FIEL players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.