U21 World League

Mataldi
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eloy Seguinus got the match started through his kick off. Gil Hoffmann might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Albano Betadur. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gil Hoffmann ran back to his position shaking his head. Magic Canhotas FC -DMZ-'s Guilherme Duarte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eloy Seguinus in the 17th minute of play. Victorino Abastas scored 1-1 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Guilherme Duarte, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pastor Hartz hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Guilherme Duarte made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eloy Seguinus in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute, Zézinho de Salles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Magic Canhotas FC -DMZ-'s Guilherme Duarte got control of the ball when Eloy Seguinus tried to sneak it across the goal line. Guilherme Duarte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Gines in the 41st minute of play. Pastor Hartz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pastor Hartz got free with Guilherme Duarte in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Washington Meira fell near the penalty area in the 45th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Magic Canhotas FC -DMZ-'s protests and gave Washington Meira a yellow card for diving instead. Guilherme Duarte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eloy Seguinus in the 48th minute of the match. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sidnei Teixeira to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Magic Canhotas FC -DMZ-'s goal looked a bit too open when Victorino Abastas came free, but Guilherme Duarte reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ladislao Quintan in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Guilherme Duarte prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Guilherme Duarte came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by AL TOKE FC's Eloy Seguinus. But to his dismay, Eloy Seguinus quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Guilherme Duarte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eloy Seguinus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th minute, Pastor Hartz 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. After 71 minutes of play Magic Canhotas FC -DMZ-'s Washington Meira 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. Arturo Estebe took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 73rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Guilherme Duarte. Magic Canhotas FC -DMZ-'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Gualter Queirós fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albano Betadur having to interfere. In the 83rd minute Eloy Seguinus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guilherme Duarte saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 92nd minute, Ladislao Quintan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Guilherme Duarte was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. There was no doubt that AL TOKE FC were the better team. AL TOKE FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.