U23 World League

João Marcatto
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Serafim Ramos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Serafim Ramos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 6th minute, Froilan Isadore hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the last second Facundo Vila throw himself and got hold of the ball when José Paulo de Azevedo in the 12thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. In the 15th minute, Dito de Senna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to lןןl La Coconeta getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Alejo Markel hit a great ball. In the 22nd minute José Paulo de Azevedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Facundo Vila saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the game, Raimundo Bertol was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. lןןl La Coconeta's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave G.E. Juventus FSCMZ the free kick. After 26 played minutes lןןl La Coconeta got a freekick which was hit by Raimundo Bertol. During the 31st minute of the match Raimundo Bertol completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Raimundo Bertol a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Raimundo Bertol hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Facundo Vila showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Paulo de Azevedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. If Gerardo Esdras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gerardo Esdras took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Cauã Martins. Cauã Martins dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After a rather tough play, G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's Pedro Luís Dracena got a free kick in the 44th minute. A collision led to G.E. Juventus FSCMZ getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Gino da Rocha hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gerardo Esdras was the one to do the kick off. In the 60th minute José Paulo de Azevedo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Facundo Vila saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Benedito Bastos in the 67th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by lןןl La Coconeta's Anibal Txerran. In the 67th minute, Anibal Txerran hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Paulo de Azevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Facundo Vila tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If José Paulo de Azevedo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 88 minutes into the match, G.E. Juventus FSCMZ's goalkeeper Cauã Martins had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gerardo Esdras. In the 90th minute, Bartolo Irrintzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gerardo Esdras fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cauã Martins having to interfere. Serafim Ramos hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. José Paulo de Azevedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Facundo Vila having to interfere. When the match was over lןןl La Coconeta could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than G.E. Juventus FSCMZ throughout the match.