U23 World League

Estádio Rei Pelé
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leonel Donatello got the match started through his kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Masao Koriotto in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christiano Trevisan saved Morro Grande E.C from getting behind. After 4 minutes, Masao Koriotto made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Morro Grande E.C's Christiano Trevisan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Masao Koriotto sped through Morro Grande E.C's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Christiano Trevisan. Morro Grande E.C's Christiano Trevisan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Masao Koriotto in the 17th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, Morro Grande E.C's goal looked a bit too open when Gwyn Lawson came free, but Christiano Trevisan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Morro Grande E.C's Christiano Trevisan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arnaldo Lore in the 20th minute of play. 24 minutes into the game, Arnaldo Lore cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Christiano Trevisan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Christiano Trevisan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Teofilio in the 29th minute of the match. Christiano Trevisan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arnaldo Lore in the 32nd minute of play. Christiano Trevisan came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Tigre's Arnaldo Lore. But to his dismay, Arnaldo Lore quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. If Masao Koriotto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Morro Grande E.C's Christiano Trevisan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Masao Koriotto in the 41st minute of play. Tigre's Arnaldo Lore got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Masao Koriotto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Christiano Trevisan made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arnaldo Lore in the 55th minute. With an all-out effort, Tigre's Christiano Trevisan threw himself towards the right post 57 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Masao Koriotto, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonel Donatello in the 59th minute of play forced Tigre's goalkeeper Stefan Orlicki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Tigre fans' excitement grew in the 61st match minute when Tigre's Arnaldo Lore looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 65th minute, Masao Koriotto fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Christiano Trevisan, passed just outside the right post. Gwyn Lawson struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Christiano Trevisan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tigre. Arnaldo Lore sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Masao Koriotto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Morro Grande E.C's Christiano Trevisan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Masao Koriotto in the 70th minute of play. Christiano Trevisan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Masao Koriotto went, in the 70th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. When Kaká Sampaio fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Morro Grande E.C's protests and gave Kaká Sampaio a yellow card for diving instead. In the 75th minute, one of Morro Grande E.C: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 Morro Grande E.C. Morro Grande E.C's Christiano Trevisan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Masao Koriotto in the 85th minute of play. Arnaldo Lore struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Christiano Trevisan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tigre. Arnaldo Lore blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Christiano Trevisan having to make a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Masao Koriotto in the 91st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christiano Trevisan saved Morro Grande E.C from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Tigre's Saverio Perpinya got a free kick in the 92nd minute. In the 95th minute Masao Koriotto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christiano Trevisan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Masao Koriotto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match was over Tigre could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Morro Grande E.C throughout the match.