U23 World League

Estádio Misericordia
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Luiz Paulo Ferraz took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barros Ramirez in the 6th minute of play forced Misericordia EC's goalkeeper Wágner Ribeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th minute, César Loureiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 11 minutes into the match, HollywooDogs's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Paulo Ferraz came free, but Vânderson Nogueira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luiz Paulo Ferraz had several of the HollywooDogs's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 19 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Vânderson Nogueira as he didn't even see the shot coming. After taking down the ball on HollywooDogs's corner César Loureiro fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Wágner Ribeiro quite easily take care of the ball. In the 24thth minute of the game Mac Fly who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Misericordia EC's Wágner Ribeiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Barros Ramirez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wágner Ribeiro was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barros Ramirez in the 28th minute of play forced Misericordia EC's goalkeeper Wágner Ribeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Bob Dinamite had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 32 minutes of play, Misericordia EC's Luiz Paulo Ferraz made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vânderson Nogueira was left in no man's land by his defense there! 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by HollywooDogs's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bob Dinamite was slow to take the kick. During this time Misericordia EC's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of HollywooDogs's goalie and right to Luís Eduardo Amaral. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. HollywooDogs's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Wágner Ribeiro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Barros Ramirez's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. Vânderson Nogueira was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Geovanni Lucas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 42 minute of play. César Loureiro hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Barros Ramirez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. HollywooDogs's Vânderson Nogueira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Paulo Ferraz in the 52nd minute of play. Vânderson Nogueira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Paulo Ferraz in the 56th minute of the match. 57 minutes into the match, Bob Dinamite had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vânderson Nogueira. HollywooDogs's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bob Dinamite was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Misericordia EC's Wágner Ribeiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Misericordia EC from getting a goal against them. Bob Dinamite scored 5-0 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vânderson Nogueira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Misericordia EC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Zico Matamoros hit a great ball. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 70th minute, but Wágner Ribeiro got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Misericordia EC hanging dry this time. HollywooDogs's César Loureiro was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Wágner Ribeiro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 75th minute, Luiz Paulo Ferraz 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. Wágner Ribeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mac Fly in the 79th minute of play. Bob Dinamite received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Vânderson Nogueira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to HollywooDogs getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. César Loureiro hit a great ball. Zico Matamoros kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the game, Celso Senna was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. HollywooDogs's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Misericordia EC the free kick. Celso Senna hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. César Loureiro hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Misericordia EC's Wágner Ribeiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 95th minute of the match, managed to save Misericordia EC from getting a goal against them. When the referee ended the match the Misericordia EC players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.