U21 World League

Arena Industrial
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Reinaldo Abraão made the kick off which started today's match. Vila Industrial FC's Gernando Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Poncio in the 4th minute of play. Fabio Herauso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reinaldo Abraão in the 7th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Róbson Bittencourt during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Vila Industrial FC's Róbson Bittencourt got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 11th minute, Damian Hitz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club Atletico Fenix fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 14th match minute, Club Atletico Fenix was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eriberto George to maneuver through the defense. 16 minutes into the match, Club Atletico Fenix's Teodosio Bitxintxo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gernando Bittencourt narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 18th match minute, Club Atletico Fenix was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damian Hitz to maneuver through the defense. Vila Industrial FC's Gernando Bittencourt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Poncio in the 21st minute of play. Gernando Bittencourt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodosio Bitxintxo in the 23rd minute of the match. 24 minutes into the match, Damian Quintun had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gernando Bittencourt. Vila Industrial FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Damian Quintun was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After some fancy dribbling in the 29th minute, Teodosio Bitxintxo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club Atletico Fenix's supporters rose to their feet, but Teodosio Bitxintxo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gernando Bittencourt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Vila Industrial FC getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Zé Vides hit a great ball. When Eriberto George came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Club Atletico Fenix fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Eriberto George couldn't finish the play. Gernando Bittencourt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Poncio, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Gernando Bittencourt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Damian Quintun went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Vinícius Nunes hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. After 43 minutes of play, Club Atletico Fenix's Ivan Poncio made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gernando Bittencourt was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The wind increased when Ivan Poncio made the kick off in the second half. Gernando Bittencourt was a little too slow when Damian Hitz got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 52nd minute. The score was now 0-5. Gernando Bittencourt showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teodosio Bitxintxo in the 56th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Teodosio Bitxintxo could shoot a difficult shot in the 66th minute, which Gernando Bittencourt however easily saved by the left post. In the 67th minute, Róbson Bittencourt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Damian Hitz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gernando Bittencourt having to interfere. A collision led to Club Atletico Fenix getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Teodosio Bitxintxo hit a great ball. After 80 minutes of play, Club Atletico Fenix's Ivan Poncio made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gernando Bittencourt was left in no man's land by his defense there! Reinaldo Abraão received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Fabio Herauso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Vila Industrial FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Club Atletico Fenix were clearly better and deserved to take the win.