U23 World League

Arena Saruê
Spectators: 7540 (Terracing: 5656, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Romeo Carlomagno started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute Thiago Damião shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paolo Abastas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paolo Abastas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thiago Damião, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Thiago Damião put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Paolo Abastas. The audience was convinced that Thiago Damião's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paolo Abastas was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. When AF CERRADO's Thiago Damião in the 12th minute got a chance for a shot 12th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Quebracho FC's goalie prevented a goal. 16 minutes into the game, Thiago Damião recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Paolo Abastas. Thiago Damião showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. 19 minutes into the match, Thiago Damião had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Paolo Abastas. Quebracho FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thiago Damião was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Thiago Damião took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Paolo Abastas to make any attempt to save it. Tomás Schmidt succeeded in the game's 24th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 5-0. Paolo Abastas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaká Goiano, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. The audience was convinced that Thiago Damião's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paolo Abastas was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Paolo Abastas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thiago Damião, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Paolo Abastas made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Thiago Damião sent off a good shot on target. 44 minutes into the match, Quebracho FC's goalkeeper Paolo Abastas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thiago Damião. Roman Karlo hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, Thiago Damião fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Paolo Abastas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kaká Goiano's shot from short distance in the 48th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Thiago Damião to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Thiago Damião ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paolo Abastas was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Paolo Abastas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thiago Damião, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thiago Damião struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Paolo Abastas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for AF CERRADO. In the 60th minute, Roman Karlo 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. Paolo Abastas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Thiago Damião went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. 65 minutes into the game, Thiago Damião cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 8-0. Paolo Abastas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Paolo Abastas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kaká Goiano, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Paolo Abastas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thiago Damião in the 74th minute of play. The AF CERRADO fans' excitement grew in the 76th match minute when AF CERRADO's Thiago Damião 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 10-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 79th minute Thiago Damião shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paolo Abastas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Paolo Abastas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Thiago Damião's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaká Goiano in the 81st minute of play forced Quebracho FC's goalkeeper Paolo Abastas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paolo Abastas didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when AF CERRADO's Thiago Damião shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 11-0 in the ordered_time% minute. 85 minutes into the game, Thiago Damião cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 12-0. Paolo Abastas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Paolo Abastas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thiago Damião, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. When AF CERRADO's Thiago Damião in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Quebracho FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 90 minutes, Thiago Damião made it 13-0 with a short kick to the right side. Quebracho FC's Paolo Abastas tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. AF CERRADO walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.