U23 World League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 7651 (Terracing: 5740, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Filipe Meneses kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Fabio Estavan notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of 100 Chance's Luís Fábio Machado. Luís Fábio Machado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 8th minute, Fabio Estavan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luís Fábio Machado was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. After some careless play in the 100 Chance defense, Fabio Estavan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Fábio Machado. The 100 Chance fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Fábio Machado should have stopped the shot. 18 minutes into the game, ACF Fiorentina's Ambrosio Bernat nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luís Fábio Machado made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. ACF Fiorentina's Fabio Estavan was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 21st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 23rd match minute, 100 Chance was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filipe Meneses to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Angel Cristofol took a quick shot and it went in 7-0 without a chance for Luís Fábio Machado to make any attempt to save it. Ambrosio Bernat took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luís Fábio Machado. Luís Fábio Machado dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 8-0. Fabio Estavan succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 9-0 in the 35th playminute. Luís Fábio Machado made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ubaldo Orlondon in the 40th minute. After 41 played minutes 100 Chance got a freekick which was hit by Naldo Marquez. The throw-in from Arnaldo Teixeira in the 46th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ACF Fiorentina's Ubaldo Orlondon.

The wind increased when Ambrosio Bernat made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, Angel Cristofol cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Luís Fábio Machado was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 56 minutes into the match, ACF Fiorentina's goalkeeper Romeo Benat had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luís Fábio Andrade. After 57 minutes of play, ACF Fiorentina's Angel Cristofol made it 11-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Fábio Machado was left in no man's land by his defense there! ACF Fiorentina's Samuel Phelipe was substituted for Angel Cristofol. After 61 minutes, Filipe Meneses mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 100 Chance and the ACF Fiorentina players grew even worse after the yellow card. Luís Fábio Machado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuel Phelipe, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. 65 minutes into the game, ACF Fiorentina's Ambrosio Bernat nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luís Fábio Machado made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 12-0. After 68 minutes 100 Chance's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Samuel Phelipe who took care of the corner kick. The corner led ACF Fiorentina's Ambrosio Bernat to fire away a dangerous shot which Luís Fábio Machado despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 71st minute, Luís Fábio Andrade hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the 100 Chance defense, Samuel Phelipe kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Fábio Machado. The 100 Chance fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Fábio Machado should have stopped the shot. Luís Fábio Machado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fabio Estavan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luís Fábio Machado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ambrosio Bernat went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 15-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ambrosio Bernat in the 83rd minute of play forced 100 Chance's goalkeeper Luís Fábio Machado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Fábio Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ambrosio Bernat in the 85th minute of play. 88 minutes into the game, Fabio Estavan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 17-0. Luís Fábio Machado was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 91st minute, Samuel Phelipe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luís Fábio Machado was frozen by the shot and now it was 18-0. Luís Fábio Machado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juan Laurendi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ACF Fiorentina's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.