U23 World League

ARENA NOVA ESPERANÇA
Spectators: 7526 (Terracing: 5645, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Luís Paulo Leme took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to COMCHOPP getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Christian Meira hit a great ball. 3 minutes into the game, Predators's Çakır Baycan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Samuca Velloso made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Samuca Velloso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Çakır Baycan in the 6th minute of play. Thanks to some nice moves Luís Paulo Leme could shoot a difficult shot in the 7th minute, which Uchenna Panter however easily saved by the left post. Samuca Velloso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cyryl Bojanowski in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, COMCHOPP's goal looked a bit too open when Cyryl Bojanowski came free, but Samuca Velloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 19 played minutes Predators got a freekick which was hit by Milosz Deery. Kléber Vander charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kléber Vander the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Predators booed when COMCHOPP was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kléber Vander didn't get a good kick on the ball. Samuca Velloso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Çakır Baycan, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. The audience was convinced that Luís Paulo Leme's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Uchenna Panter was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. A hard shot 24 in the game by Luís Paulo Leme from a close distance when the talented Uchenna Panter managed to make a qualified save. Predators's players were relieved. With a little luck, Predators's Uchenna Panter got control of the ball when Luís Paulo Leme tried to sneak it across the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, Çakır Baycan notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of COMCHOPP's Samuca Velloso. Samuca Velloso was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 32nd minute, Çakır Baycan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Predators fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. 37 minutes into the game, Predators's Milosz Deery nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Samuca Velloso made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. After a rather tough play, COMCHOPP's Válter Schmidt got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Cyryl Bojanowski scored 0-5 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Samuca Velloso, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The COMCHOPP players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Predators were winning 0-5.

When the match clock showed 51 minutes, the score became 0-6 when Marcel Freitas sped through COMCHOPP's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Samuca Velloso. In the 54th minute, Marcel Freitas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Predators fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. The Predators fans' excitement grew in the 58th match minute when Predators's Çakır Baycan 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 0-8 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Samuca Velloso made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Cyryl Bojanowski sent off a good shot on target. Çakır Baycan might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Samuca Velloso. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Çakır Baycan ran back to his position shaking his head. Milosz Deery received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Samuca Velloso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 79th minute, Çakır Baycan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Predators fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-10. After 83 played minutes Marcel Freitas rounded COMCHOPP's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-11. Çakır Baycan was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 86th minute. Predators's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After some careless play in the COMCHOPP defense, Çakır Baycan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Samuca Velloso. The COMCHOPP fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Samuca Velloso should have stopped the shot. In the 91st minute, Çakır Baycan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Samuca Velloso was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-13. In the 95th minute, Milosz Deery left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Predators fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-14. When the match was over Predators could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than COMCHOPP throughout the match.