U21 World League

Arena Palestra
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Célio Leme got the match started through his kick off. Dorival da Costa's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 6thth minute, Rony Netto skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Rony Netto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Célio Leme in the 7th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walmir Schmidt in the 8th minute of play forced Alvinegro Carioca's goalkeeper Rony Netto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luiz Fernando Braga hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeu Sarmento in the 12th minute of play forced Zandarin FC's goalkeeper Pedrinho Severo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 13 minutes into the match, Walmir Schmidt notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Alvinegro Carioca's Rony Netto. Rony Netto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Carlos Augusto Sampaio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Pedrinho Severo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 20th minute Tadeu Sarmento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedrinho Severo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With an all-out effort, Zandarin FC's Rony Netto threw himself towards the right post 22 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Walmir Schmidt, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Hermínio Ferraz's late challenge caught a Zandarin FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hermínio Ferraz helped the player get up and apologised. Célio Leme's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rony Netto firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Allan Damião in the 31st minute of play forced Zandarin FC's goalkeeper Pedrinho Severo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Carlos Augusto Secco fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Zandarin FC's protests and gave Carlos Augusto Secco a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Alvinegro Carioca booed when Zandarin FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carlos Augusto Secco didn't get a good kick on the ball. Enéas Mangueira's late challenge caught a Alvinegro Carioca's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enéas Mangueira helped the player get up and apologised. After 34 played minutes Zandarin FC got a freekick which was hit by Enéas Mangueira. After 35 minutes of play Alvinegro Carioca's Hermínio Ferraz was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 42 minutes into the match, Zandarin FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tadeu Sarmento came free, but Pedrinho Severo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walmir Schmidt in the 44th minute of play forced Alvinegro Carioca's goalkeeper Rony Netto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Allan Damião stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Zandarin FC's goalkeeper Pedrinho Severo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Allan Damião. With a little luck, Zandarin FC's Pedrinho Severo got control of the ball when José Augusto Quirino tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Tadeu Sarmento reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Pedrinho Severo. The goal made the score 1-1. After 68 minutes of play, Zandarin FC's Dorival da Costa made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rony Netto was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rony Netto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Célio Leme, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. If Tadeu Sarmento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dorival da Costa hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. If José Augusto Quirino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Reynaldo Carioca charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Reynaldo Carioca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 86th minute, Reynaldo Carioca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tadeu Sarmento received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Pedrinho Severo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Carlos Augusto Sampaio received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Pedrinho Severo came out and tried to block the shot, but Carlos Augusto Sampaio slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 90th minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.