U23 World League

Lagoa Azul
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Fala Sério FC's Manoel Romero 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. Alexsandro Ribeiro came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Inmortales FC's Tomás Garcia. But to his dismay, Tomás Garcia quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 6th match minute, Fala Sério FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonso Pitta to maneuver through the defense. In the 6th minute of the match Orville Jacobson shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Alexsandro Ribeiro showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Tomás Garcia scored 0-2 in the 9th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alexsandro Ribeiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alexsandro Ribeiro didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Inmortales FC's Tomás Garcia shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Tomás Garcia put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Alexsandro Ribeiro. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tomás Garcia in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alexsandro Ribeiro saved Fala Sério FC from getting behind. In the 25thth minute of the game Tomás Garcia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fala Sério FC's Alexsandro Ribeiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Inmortales FC fans' excitement grew in the 27th match minute when Inmortales FC's Tomás Garcia looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Tomás Garcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35thth minute of the game Tomás Garcia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Fala Sério FC's Alexsandro Ribeiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 40th minute, Tomás Garcia 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. Alexsandro Ribeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomás Garcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fala Sério FC's Alexsandro Ribeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orville Jacobson in the 43rd minute of play. Tomás Garcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The attack was good, but when Tomás Garcia in the 44th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. In the 46th minute Wesley Cage shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexsandro Ribeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomás Garcia stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The Inmortales FC fans' excitement grew in the 51st match minute when Inmortales FC's Tomás Garcia looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 54 minutes into the match, Wesley Cage dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Alexsandro Ribeiro, 0-8. Tomás Garcia who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 57thth minute tested the skills of Alexsandro Ribeiro when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Tomás Garcia managed to get in a good position for a shot. Inmortales FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomás Garcia was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alexsandro Ribeiro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Inmortales FC's Mitch Rushing was substituted for Wesley Cage. Tomás Garcia did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-9 to the left of a surprised Alexsandro Ribeiro 68 minutes into the match. With his leg Alexsandro Ribeiro managed to avoid a goal in the 73rdth minute, when Inmortales FC's Tomás Garcia fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Tomás Garcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The Inmortales FC fans' excitement grew in the 79th match minute when Inmortales FC's Tomás Garcia looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-10 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. With his leg Alexsandro Ribeiro managed to avoid a goal in the 83rdth minute, when Inmortales FC's Tomás Garcia fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Tomás Garcia got in the 84th a clear chance and fired away a hard shot against goal, but Alexsandro Ribeiro handled the situation perfectly and made a save by the crossbar. Alexsandro Ribeiro stood somewhat misplaced when Tomás Garcia came free in front of goal and shot 0-11 to the left of him in the 86 minute. In the 88th match minute, Fala Sério FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dé Linares to maneuver through the defense. The nice shot from Tomás Garcia in the 89thth minute just in front of the goal should have ended in point on the board, but Alexsandro Ribeiro had a great feel for the game and superbly saved the ball from getting in by the left post. After 97 minutes Fala Sério FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Willy Webster who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Willy Webster almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Fala Sério FC's Alexsandro Ribeiro did a great save. Inmortales FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.