U23 World League

Stadio Ferrari
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Willian Paes started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Loco De Remate's Amado Maurin got a free kick in the 3rd minute. 7 minutes into the match, Amado Maurin notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of S.C. Ferrari's João Carlos Oliveira. João Carlos Oliveira was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 13 minutes, Amado Maurin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Loco De Remate's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amado Maurin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 15th minute, Amado Maurin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Loco De Remate fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. With his leg Pedro Dolcet managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when S.C. Ferrari's Willian Paes fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 23rd minute, one of Loco De Remate:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Loco De Remate. Loco De Remate:s Pedro Dolcet showed great skill when he stopped Beto Guedes:s penalty. After some careless play in the Loco De Remate defense, Beto Guedes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Pedro Dolcet. The Loco De Remate fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Pedro Dolcet should have stopped the shot. Loco De Remate's Alvaro Resto got a good chance for a goal in the 28th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Willian Paes might have been able to make a better finish in the 35th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Dolcet. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Willian Paes ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in Loco De Remate's zone, Beto Guedes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Dolcet came out of the goal and Beto Guedes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Willian Paes in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Dolcet saved Loco De Remate from getting behind. When Benigno Nayely fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Loco De Remate's protests and gave Benigno Nayely a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Loco De Remate getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Benigno Nayely hit a great ball. In the 43rd minute, Casimiro Cucao hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Willian Paes managed to get in a good position for a shot. S.C. Ferrari's supporters rose to their feet, but Willian Paes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pedro Dolcet breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, S.C. Ferrari's Duda das Neves got a free kick in the 46th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 2-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Florencio Orlanda to make the kick off. In the 56th minute Florencio Orlanda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Carlos Oliveira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pedro Dolcet didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Elano Galvão went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. A collision led to S.C. Ferrari getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Aloísio Mangueira hit a great ball. 74 minutes into the match, Willian Paes notched a goal, 4-3, to the right of Loco De Remate's Pedro Dolcet. Pedro Dolcet was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Salomão Borges's late challenge caught a Loco De Remate's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Salomão Borges helped the player get up and apologised. In the 77th minute, Salomão Borges hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. S.C. Ferrari made a substitution. Rui de Lima replaced Elano Galvão. In the 79th match minute, S.C. Ferrari was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Salomão Borges to maneuver through the defense. Víktor Marques's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pedro Dolcet read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 86th minute of play. Arnaldo Gutxi charged in rather forcefully in the 91st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arnaldo Gutxi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Arnaldo Gutxi hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match.