U23 World League

Estádio Prazeres
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marcelo Vasconcelos made the kick off which started today's match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kléber Guimarães got free with Frisco Gómez in the 2nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kléber Guimarãess short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Frisco Gómez to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kléber Guimarães got free with Frisco Gómez in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 24th minute Al Pištěk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonas Pombal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th minute, Marcelo Vasconcelos made a precise shot to the right of Jonas Pombal. Fabiofs's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Al Pištěk in the 30th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonas Pombal saved Fabiofs from getting behind. After 37 minutes, Remo Simão mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fabiofs and the Arsenal MGK players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 37 played minutes Fabiofs got a freekick which was hit by Remo Simão. Arsenal MGK's Frisco Gómez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Arsenal MGK from getting a goal against them. After the first half Arsenal MGK were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Kléber Guimarães made the kick off in the second half. Jonas Pombal took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Al Pištěk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Al Pištěk hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Frisco Gómez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kléber Guimarães, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56th minute Kléber Guimarães shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frisco Gómez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Kléber Guimarães's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Frisco Gómez was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. The supporters of Arsenal MGK booed when Fabiofs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kléber Guimarães didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 64th match minute, Fabiofs was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edílson de Souza to maneuver through the defense. Barnaba Drebit received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Jonas Pombal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 67th minute Ramón Fantini shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frisco Gómez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonas Pombal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcelo Vasconcelos, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. After a rather tough play, Fabiofs's Vitório das Neves got a free kick in the 70th minute. The supporters of Arsenal MGK booed when Fabiofs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramón Fantini didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ramón Fantini in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Frisco Gómez saved Arsenal MGK from getting behind. 81 minutes into the match, Fabiofs's goal looked a bit too open when Marcelo Vasconcelos came free, but Jonas Pombal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute Marcelo Vasconcelos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonas Pombal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Arsenal MGK's Barnaba Drebit in 84 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Jonas Pombal guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. If Ramón Fantini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Frisco Gómez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramón Fantini, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. After 93 minutes Arsenal MGK's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pedro Paulo Arce who took care of the corner kick. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Arsenal MGK players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.