U21 World League

Kaiet Caceres
Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nereo Tohias made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Exército Português's Marcelo Miranda got a free kick in the 4th minute. Enrique Garaona showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kevin Lages, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 10th minute of the match, Nereo Tohias got a very nice opportunity to score, but Fábio Braga was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. A collision led to Exército Português getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Marcelo Miranda hit a great ball. In the 13th minute of the match Gilberto Munio shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fábio Braga showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 17th minute, Teodosio Guillen 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. Ivo Saldanha hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Exército Português's Fábio Braga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Exército Português from getting a goal against them. Exército Português's Fábio Braga proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Exército Português from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Moisés Valverde during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Exército Português's Moisés Valverde got a free kick in the 24th minute. Fábio Braga was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Gilberto Munio. After 26 played minutes Exército Português got a freekick which was hit by Moisés Valverde. Gilberto Munio's late challenge caught a Exército Português's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gilberto Munio helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th minute, Gilberto Munio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 28 played minutes, Exército Português's Moisés Valverde shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Enrique Garaona came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Exército Português reached it. Gilberto Munio hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. In the 30th minute of the match Ivo Saldanha shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Enrique Garaona showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Enrique Garaona made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Josué Granja in the 31st minute of play. Enrique Garaona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mariano Almeida, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nereo Tohias in the 37th minute of play forced Exército Português's goalkeeper Fábio Braga to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th match minute, Club Atletico Los Andes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alvaro Rameriz to maneuver through the defense. Ivo Saldanha took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 42nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Enrique Garaona. Club Atletico Los Andes's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to Exército Português getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Augusto Ponte hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nereo Tohias in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fábio Braga saved Exército Português from getting behind.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Josué Granja to strike the kick off in the second half. Fábio Braga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nereo Tohias in the 59th minute of play. Teodosio Guillen took the ball and in the 60 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fábio Braga. Fábio Braga dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Fábio Braga showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nereo Tohias, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Club Atletico Los Andes's Enrique Garaona played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kevin Lages in the 67th minute of play. Enrique Garaona made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Josué Granja sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Josué Granja's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Enrique Garaona was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nereo Tohias in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fábio Braga saved Exército Português from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Club Atletico Los Andes's Blas Raymundo got a free kick in the 87th minute. After 89 played minutes Exército Português got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Ponte. Fábio Braga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodosio Guillen in the 93rd minute of the match. Club Atletico Los Andes's defense didn't have a chance, in the 96th minute, when Josué Granja scored to the left of an out of position Enrique Garaona, making the score, 2-2.