U23 World League

Legend Killer
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 120) Ulises Fanjul made the kick off and thus started the match. Poulus Farias came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Santo Amaro AC's Wincent Pawlik. But to his dismay, Wincent Pawlik quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Ulises Fanjul sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cipriano Hermes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Poulus Farias having to interfere. Poulus Farias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduard Polozov in the 15th minute of play. Eduard Polozov took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Poulus Farias. Poulus Farias dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in Santo Amaro AC's zone, Ulises Fanjul stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hudson Arósio came out of the goal and Ulises Fanjul tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the RKO AFC defense, Wincent Pawlik kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Poulus Farias. The RKO AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Poulus Farias should have stopped the shot. Poulus Farias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduard Polozov in the 32nd minute of the match. Wincent Pawlik fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Poulus Farias having to interfere. After a rather tough play, RKO AFC's Roldán Navia got a free kick in the 35th minute. Poulus Farias didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Santo Amaro AC's Cipriano Hermes shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-5 in the ordered_time% minute. 41 minutes into the match, RKO AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Eduard Polozov came free, but Poulus Farias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Cipriano Hermes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Santo Amaro AC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. 45 minutes into the game, Santo Amaro AC's Cipriano Hermes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Poulus Farias made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. Disappointed in the 0-7 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cipriano Hermes made a kick off. Poulus Farias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cipriano Hermes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 0-8 became the score in the 55th minute when Cipriano Hermes elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. RKO AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 59th minute, when Cipriano Hermes scored to the left of an out of position Poulus Farias, making the score, 0-9. Poulus Farias made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Eduard Polozov sent off a good shot on target. Poulus Farias didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luiz Fabiano de Senna went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. 67 minutes into the match, Cipriano Hermes notched a goal, 0-11, to the right of RKO AFC's Poulus Farias. Poulus Farias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Cipriano Hermes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Poulus Farias was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. In the 71st minute, Santo Amaro AC's Eduard Polozov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Poulus Farias. Poulus Farias yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-12. Poulus Farias didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 74th minute, which inside left pole to 0-13. Poulus Farias was a little too slow when Cipriano Hermes got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 0-15. When the match clock showed 84 minutes, the score became 0-16 when Cipriano Hermes sped through RKO AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Poulus Farias. 92 minutes into the match, RKO AFC's goalkeeper Poulus Farias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wincent Pawlik. Poulus Farias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eduard Polozov in the 93rd minute. The RKO AFC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Santo Amaro AC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.