U23 World League

λrena dos Bꮻleirꮻs
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) After some careless play in the λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR defense, Aris Voutsas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edvaldo Brasil. The λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edvaldo Brasil should have stopped the shot. Alexis Stratigakis took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Edvaldo Brasil. Edvaldo Brasil dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 14 minutes into the game, ΠΑΟΚ FC's Vassilis Banasidis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Edvaldo Brasil made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Edvaldo Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giannis Lazarakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexis Stratigakis in the 28th minute of play forced λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's goalkeeper Edvaldo Brasil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute, Sidnei Trancoso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR defense, Aris Voutsas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edvaldo Brasil. The λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edvaldo Brasil should have stopped the shot. Edvaldo Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aris Voutsas in the 38th minute of the match. After 39 minutes, Giannis Lazarakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ΠΑΟΚ FC and the λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR players grew even worse after the yellow card. Edvaldo Brasil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aris Voutsas in the 42nd minute of play. Alexis Stratigakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edvaldo Brasil having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Gilberto Medeiros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th minute of the match Kostas Triantopoulos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Edvaldo Brasil showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR's Hamílton Martins was substituted for Gilberto Medeiros. λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR made a substitution. Giovani Lago replaced Leandro de Andrade. The wind increased when Giannis Lazarakis made the kick off in the second half. Makis Tselementes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugo Vides in the 55th minute of play. The supporters of ΠΑΟΚ FC booed when λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hamílton Martins didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 57th minute of the match Kostas Triantopoulos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Edvaldo Brasil showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alexis Stratigakis got free with Edvaldo Brasil in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 66th match minute, ΠΑΟΚ FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aris Voutsas to maneuver through the defense. Edvaldo Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vassilis Banasidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 71st match minute, λᴠαηᴛє ғᴄ.ᴿˢ•ᴮR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hamílton Martins to maneuver through the defense. In the 79th minute, Hugo Vides ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Makis Tselementes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Alfredo de Moraes kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Aris Voutsas managed to get in a good position for a shot. ΠΑΟΚ FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Aris Voutsas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edvaldo Brasil breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.