U23 World League

Arena Piratini
Spectators: 7627 (Terracing: 5721, Seating: 1754, VIP seats: 152) Filippos Alexiadis made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd minute, Wellington Vaz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mo Chen Yang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Filippos Alexiadis, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filippos Alexiadis in the 5th minute of play forced Grêmio Santo André's goalkeeper Mo Chen Yang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Grêmio Santo André's Igor Czech got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 11thth minute of the game Alekos Papachristou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Grêmio Santo André's Mo Chen Yang was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 14 minutes into the match, Wellington Vaz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alketas Rogas, 1-0. When Filippos Alexiadis came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Pagos FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Filippos Alexiadis couldn't finish the play. In the 19thth minute of the game Manolis Nikologiannis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Grêmio Santo André's Mo Chen Yang was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Grêmio Santo André getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Wellington Vaz hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charalambos Lelopoulos in the 22nd minute of play forced Grêmio Santo André's goalkeeper Mo Chen Yang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 25 minutes into the match, Wellington Vaz notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Pagos FC's Alketas Rogas. Alketas Rogas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alekos Papachristou struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Mo Chen Yang didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pagos FC. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filippos Alexiadis in the 30th minute of play forced Grêmio Santo André's goalkeeper Mo Chen Yang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charalambos Lelopoulos in the 34th minute of play forced Grêmio Santo André's goalkeeper Mo Chen Yang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Telis Valsaris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kostas Karalexopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Grêmio Santo André's Wellington Vaz couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Pagos FC. Luiz Fernando Marinho charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Fernando Marinho the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Luiz Fernando Marinho hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After 54 minutes of play, Grêmio Santo André's Wellington Vaz made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alketas Rogas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 57th minute, Telis Valsaris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th minute Wellington Vaz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alketas Rogas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Pagos FC getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Spyros Kyrimlis hit a great ball. In the 61st minute, Osvaldo Pernambucano 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. Alketas Rogas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jaime Cabral went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. The supporters of Pagos FC booed when Grêmio Santo André was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wellington Vaz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bernie Strauss hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Mo Chen Yang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alekos Papachristou in the 89th minute of the match. Telis Valsaris shot the penalty kick right outside the post. In the 97th play minute Filippos Alexiadis came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Mo Chen Yang. 4-1.