U21 World League

Roman
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Quilmes's Geronimo Sagrario 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. Nilson da Rocha kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Edmundo Falcão was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Donato Nuxila showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 11 minute of play. Elivélton Palmeira was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 13 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute, Elivélton Palmeira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Donato Nuxila might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Edmundo Falcão. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Donato Nuxila ran back to his position shaking his head. Edmundo Falcão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Terry Jones, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Luís Paulo Ferreira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cristiano Baptista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Christopher Hawthorne tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 34 minutes into the match, Joinville City - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Geronimo Sagrario came free, but Edmundo Falcão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Edgardo Ugutz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Quilmes's supporters rose to their feet, but Edgardo Ugutz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Edmundo Falcão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Esteban Hotz's late challenge caught a Joinville City - FSCMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Esteban Hotz helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Quilmes's Esteban Hotz got a free kick in the 40th minute. Christopher Hawthorne took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luizinho Velasco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 42nd minute, Edgardo Ugutz 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. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Quilmes made a substitution. Rodrigo Delfino replaced Donato Nuxila. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luisão Melo to make the kick off. Luizinho Velasco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christopher Hawthorne having to interfere. After some careless play in the Joinville City - FSCMZ defense, Rodrigo Delfino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edmundo Falcão. The Joinville City - FSCMZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edmundo Falcão should have stopped the shot. In the 66th minute, Rodrigo Delfino ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edmundo Falcão was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Joinville City - FSCMZ's Edmundo Falcão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geronimo Sagrario in the 69th minute of play. In the 70th minute, Edgardo Ugutz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edmundo Falcão was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Edmundo Falcão didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Quilmes's Geronimo Sagrario shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After 84 minutes, Paulo Medeiros mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Joinville City - FSCMZ and the Quilmes players grew even worse after the yellow card. Paulo Medeiros hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Delfino in the 88th minute of play forced Joinville City - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Edmundo Falcão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nilson da Rocha during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Quilmes made a substitution. Orlando Urtzi replaced Geronimo Sagrario. Nilson da Rocha kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Rodrigo Delfino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Edmundo Falcão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodrigo Delfino, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. In the 95th minute Orlando Urtzi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmundo Falcão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Quilmes had played much better football throughout.