U23 World League

Estadio Alejandra
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Guará FC's Tiago Gabriel Vieira started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Saul Aztore hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Guará FC's Emílio Motta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Guará FC from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Alejandra getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Jaime Herrera hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Fernando Natanael managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alejandra's supporters rose to their feet, but Fernando Natanael was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Emílio Motta breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Guará FC's Emílio Motta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Natanael in the 17th minute of play. The supporters of Guará FC booed when Alejandra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tadeo Thomas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 23rd minute Erlingur Haaland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maximo Rudolfo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fernando Natanael got free with Emílio Motta in the 31st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Maximo Rudolfo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erlingur Haaland in the 35th minute of the match. Fernando Natanael sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 38 minutes into the match, Guará FC's goal looked a bit too open when Fernando Natanael came free, but Emílio Motta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Delmiro Benvide's late challenge caught a Guará FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Delmiro Benvide helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Alejandra's Delmiro Benvide got a free kick in the 40th minute. In the 48thth minute of the game Fernando Natanael who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Guará FC's Emílio Motta was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.

If Fernando Natanael had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fernando Natanael sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 58 minutes into the game, Fernando Natanael cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Emílio Motta was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 65th minute of the match Edgardo Liher shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Emílio Motta showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. When Tiago Gabriel Vieira fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Guará FC's protests and gave Tiago Gabriel Vieira a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Guará FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Tiago Gabriel Vieira hit a great ball. Emílio Motta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernando Natanael in the 70th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernando Natanael in the 71st minute of play forced Guará FC's goalkeeper Emílio Motta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guará FC's Emílio Motta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Natanael in the 72nd minute of play. In the 76th minute Erlingur Haaland shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Maximo Rudolfo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guará FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Erlingur Haaland in the 77th minute. The corner ended in Flavinho Alagoano almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Alejandra's Maximo Rudolfo did a great save. After a defensive mix-up in Guará FC's zone, Fernando Natanael stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emílio Motta came out of the goal and Fernando Natanael tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alejandra's Maximo Rudolfo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erlingur Haaland in the 83rd minute of play. 88 minutes into the game, Alejandra's Fernando Natanael nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Emílio Motta made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. With a little luck, Alejandra's Maximo Rudolfo got control of the ball when Tiago Gabriel Vieira tried to sneak it across the goal line.