U23 World League

Del Barrio
Spectators: 7593 (Terracing: 5696, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Haroldo Tonio got the match started through his kick off. Tomás Calixto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bebeto Romário in the 9th minute of play. In the 13th minute, Bebeto Branco ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tomás Calixto was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Juliane Álvarez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Road To Glory defense, Bebeto Romário kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tomás Calixto. The Road To Glory fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tomás Calixto should have stopped the shot. In the 28th minute, Bebeto Romário hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juliane Álvarez took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tomás Calixto. Tomás Calixto dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. Vingadores F.C U23's Juliane Álvarez got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 36 minutes into the match, Vingadores F.C U23's goalkeeper Juliusz Kaczeniak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Haroldo Tonio. Bebeto Romário hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. 39 minutes into the game, Vingadores F.C U23's Bebeto Romário nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tomás Calixto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bebeto Romário in the 44th minute of play forced Road To Glory's goalkeeper Tomás Calixto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomás Calixto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bebeto Romário went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-7 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bebeto Romário made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tobias Mambru in the 52nd minute of play forced Vingadores F.C U23's goalkeeper Juliusz Kaczeniak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Bebeto Romário kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tomás Calixto. That made the score 0-8 in the 55 minute of play. Road To Glory:s Tomás Calixto showed great skill when he stopped Luiz Fábio Dantas:s penalty. Tomás Calixto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luiz Fábio Dantas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tobias Mambru kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Vingadores F.C U23's Juliane Álvarez ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Tomás Calixto. Tomás Calixto yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-9. Vingadores F.C U23 made a substitution. Elói Donato replaced Bebeto Romário. In the 72nd minute, Sérgio Schmidt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Road To Glory's Tomás Calixto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elói Donato in the 74th minute of play. In the 78th minute, Elói Donato 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. Tomás Calixto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elói Donato, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. 82 minutes into the game, Vingadores F.C U23's Elói Donato nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tomás Calixto made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-11. Tomás Calixto was a little too slow when Juliane Álvarez got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 86th minute. The score was now 0-12. In the 89th minute Elói Donato shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomás Calixto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute, Road To Glory's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Juliane Álvarez fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. If Elói Donato had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tomás Calixto didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Vingadores F.C U23's Juliane Álvarez shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-13 in the ordered_time% minute. The Road To Glory fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Vingadores F.C U23 were clearly better and deserved to take the win.