U23 World League

Arena Palestra
Spectators: 7448 (Terracing: 5587, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ramón Leão kicked off to start the match. Célio Leme received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Vicente Fantini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Christian Dracena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 15 minutes, Célio Leme mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zandarin FC and the Dragões Barbudos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Célio Leme kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. 23 minutes into the match, Dragões Barbudos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Diogo Luz came free, but Vicente Fantini reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Zandarin FC booed when Dragões Barbudos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardo Alagoano didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Dragões Barbudos FC booed when Zandarin FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reynaldo Carioca didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vicente Fantini stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Christiano Chaves's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. In the 32nd minute, Oscar Peres 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. Christiano Chaves could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Vicente Fantini made a huge save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Christiano Chaves to strike the kick off in the second half. Vicente Fantini made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christiano Chaves in the 51st minute of play. In the 52nd minute, Eliseu da Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 56 minutes into the match, Célio Leme had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vicente Fantini. Dragões Barbudos FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Célio Leme was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Zézinho de Almeida kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Ramón Leão recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 64th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zandarin FC's Célio Leme got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ramón Leão fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rogério Paraense having to interfere. 73 minutes into the match, Christiano Chaves had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vicente Fantini. Dragões Barbudos FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christiano Chaves was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zézinho de Almeida during the 83rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Dragões Barbudos FC booed when Zandarin FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zézinho de Almeida didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, Dragões Barbudos FC's Ernani Linares tried to score from far away in the 84th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. When Dragões Barbudos FC's Ramón Leão in the 85th minute got a chance for a shot 85th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Zandarin FC's goalie prevented a goal. With an all-out effort, Dragões Barbudos FC's Rogério Paraense threw himself towards the right post 89 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Benê Favoretto, which otherwise would have been placed in the net.