U21 World League

Arena Bombadão
Spectators: 7478 (Terracing: 5610, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Richard Ferreira made the kick off and thus started the match. Jeremias Luzea sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dino Amorim was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 6th minute. Xandeco FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Breno Diniz's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 8thth minute, Gil de Medeiros skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 15th minute, Xandeco FC's Jeremias Luzea dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. If Jeremias Luzea had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeremias Luzea in the 21st minute of play forced Nautilus's goalkeeper Gil de Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd match minute, Xandeco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tony Mazza to maneuver through the defense. In the 26thth minute of the game Richard Ferreira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Xandeco FC's Krama Bollen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jeremias Luzea could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Gil de Medeiros made a huge save. Breno Diniz scored 3-0 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gil de Medeiros, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 31st match minute, Xandeco FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeremias Luzea to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rdth minute of the game Richard Ferreira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Xandeco FC's Krama Bollen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 35 minutes Xandeco FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Richard Ferreira who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Nautilus's corner Richard Ferreira fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Krama Bollen quite easily take care of the ball. Richard Ferreira succeeded in the game's 35th minute to get real power on a long shot . Xandeco FC's Krama Bollen hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 3-1! Through an outstanding action, after 41 minutes, Gil de Medeiros successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Breno Diniz to make the kick off. 51 minutes into the match, Nautilus's goal looked a bit too open when Jeremias Luzea came free, but Gil de Medeiros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dino Amorim in the 55th minute of play forced Nautilus's goalkeeper Gil de Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gil de Medeiros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Breno Diniz in the 58th minute of play. 60 minutes into the game, Jeremias Luzea cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Gil de Medeiros was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Geraldo Palmeira during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Xandeco FC's Geraldo Palmeira got a free kick in the 66th minute. Nautilus's Dudu Neiva got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 73rd minute Breno Diniz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gil de Medeiros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 78 minutes, Richard Ferreira made it 6-2 with a short kick to the right side. Xandeco FC's Krama Bollen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Gil de Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Breno Diniz, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. 85 minutes into the match, Jeremias Luzea had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gil de Medeiros. Nautilus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jeremias Luzea was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-2. Gil de Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dino Amorim, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Breno Diniz in the 90th minute of play forced Nautilus's goalkeeper Gil de Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 92 minutes into the match, Dino Amorim had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gil de Medeiros. Nautilus's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dino Amorim was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-2. After having played for 95 minutes, Breno Diniz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Xandeco FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Breno Diniz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Xandeco FC had played much better football throughout.