U21 World League

Monumento Sports
Spectators: 7757 (Terracing: 5820, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Toninho Arruda made the kick off which started today's match. Nadie nos Para's Artemio Vito got a good chance for a goal in the 6th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 9 minutes into the match, Monumento Sports's goal looked a bit too open when Xzaiver Cabalar came free, but Natanael Sena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Monumento Sports's Bruno Salles got a free kick in the 9th minute. Bruno Salles's late challenge caught a Nadie nos Para's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bruno Salles helped the player get up and apologised. In the 13th minute, Bruno Salles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Natanael Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Per-Åke Albohm in the 17th minute of the match. Natanael Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Per-Åke Albohm in the 22nd minute of the match. In the 24th minute, Omer Dolar 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. Monumento Sports's Natanael Sena played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Xzaiver Cabalar in the 25th minute of play. Natanael Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Per-Åke Albohm in the 27th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Szymon Cwynar in the 28th minute of play forced Monumento Sports's goalkeeper Natanael Sena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute Per-Åke Albohm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natanael Sena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Monumento Sports getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Toninho Arruda hit a great ball. Natanael Sena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xzaiver Cabalar, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. 47 minutes into the match, Xzaiver Cabalar notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Monumento Sports's Natanael Sena. Natanael Sena was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xzaiver Cabalar to make the kick off. Geovani Amaral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gregorio Illart having to interfere. Natanael Sena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Per-Åke Albohm, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, Nadie nos Para's Omer Dolar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Natanael Sena. Natanael Sena yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Xzaiver Cabalar kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Natanael Sena. That made the score 0-3 in the 63 minute of play. In the 74th minute Per-Åke Albohm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natanael Sena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Xzaiver Cabalar in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Natanael Sena prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nadie nos Para's Gregorio Illart played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geovani Amaral in the 76th minute of play. In the 78thth minute of the game Xzaiver Cabalar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Monumento Sports's Natanael Sena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gregorio Illart showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geovani Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. In the 84th play minute Per-Åke Albohm came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Natanael Sena. 0-4. Nadie nos Para's Rogelio Gabriel was substituted for Per-Åke Albohm. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind Monumento Sports's goalkeeper Natanael Sena, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 92 minutes into the match, Jacinto Pierres dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Natanael Sena, 0-5. Fausto Velloso charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fausto Velloso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Fausto Velloso hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. When the final whistle sounded Nadie nos Para left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Monumento Sports.