U21 World League

Royal Masters Arena
Spectators: 7671 (Terracing: 5754, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Paulo Ralondo made the kick off which started today's match. If Reinaldo Maia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fernandinho Loureiro scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Artemio Cristofor, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Fernandinho Loureiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artemio Cristofor was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Fernandinho Loureiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artemio Cristofor was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Masters United F.C.'s Artemio Cristofor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romário Ceresso in the 14th minute of play. Jânio Guimarães's late challenge caught a Masters United F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jânio Guimarães helped the player get up and apologised. After 19 played minutes Scarlet Speedster got a freekick which was hit by Jânio Guimarães. Eurico Diniz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo Ralondo in the 20th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 22nd minute, Jânio Guimarães managed to get in a good position for a shot. Scarlet Speedster's supporters rose to their feet, but Jânio Guimarães was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Artemio Cristofor breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mauro Navarro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eurico Diniz having to interfere. After 29 played minutes Scarlet Speedster got a freekick which was hit by Reinaldo Maia. After a rather tough play, Masters United F.C.'s Danilo Lertxun got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 32nd minute Fernandinho Loureiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Artemio Cristofor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 33 minutes of play, Scarlet Speedster's Romário Ceresso made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Artemio Cristofor was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fernandinho Loureiro took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Artemio Cristofor. Artemio Cristofor dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Teofilo Chucho during the 41st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 42 minutes into the match, Scarlet Speedster's Zézinho Vargas broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Artemio Cristofor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romário Ceresso, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Paulo Ralondo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Through an outstanding action, after 50 minutes, Artemio Cristofor successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reinaldo Maia in the 52nd minute of play forced Masters United F.C.'s goalkeeper Artemio Cristofor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eurico Diniz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Rodas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jânio Guimarães kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. In the 57th minute, Scarlet Speedster's Romário Ceresso ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Artemio Cristofor. Artemio Cristofor yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-5. 63 minutes into the match, Masters United F.C.'s goalkeeper Artemio Cristofor had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zézinho Vargas. Masters United F.C.'s Artemio Cristofor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Masters United F.C. from getting a goal against them. Célio Nóbrega charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Célio Nóbrega the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Célio Nóbrega hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Fernandinho Loureiro took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Artemio Cristofor to make any attempt to save it. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Jânio Guimarães took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Artemio Cristofor to make any attempt to save it. In the 82nd minute, Scarlet Speedster's Reinaldo Maia dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-8. Scarlet Speedster's Reinaldo Maia got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 88th minute of the match, Fernandinho Loureiro tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Artemio Cristofor saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 92 minutes, Paulo Ralondo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Masters United F.C. and the Scarlet Speedster players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Masters United F.C. getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Paulo Ralondo hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Reinaldo Maia kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Artemio Cristofor. That made the score 0-9 in the 93 minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Scarlet Speedster left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Masters United F.C..