U21 World League

Estadio Calicas
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Artur Azevedo made the kick off and thus started the match. Samuel Ribeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Nicolas Vilalobos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 4th minute, Samuel Ribeiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 9 minutes, Norberto Caneira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Loures and the Squadra Demarchi players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Loures getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Norberto Caneira hit a great ball. Loures's Nicolas Vilalobos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudinho Loyola in the 12th minute of play. In the 13th minute, Rafael da Rocha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nicolas Vilalobos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Sérgio Batista's late challenge caught a Loures's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sérgio Batista helped the player get up and apologised. In the 16th minute, Sérgio Batista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Samuel Ribeiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 21 minutes into the match, Alexsandro Britto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nicolas Vilalobos. Loures's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alexsandro Britto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexsandro Britto in the 24th minute of play forced Loures's goalkeeper Nicolas Vilalobos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kléber Queirós took the ball and in the 25 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nicolas Vilalobos. Nicolas Vilalobos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. After a rather tough play, Loures's Artur Azevedo got a free kick in the 29th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Alexsandro Britto notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Loures's Nicolas Vilalobos. Nicolas Vilalobos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 34th minute, Loures's Artur Azevedo dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-5. After some careless play in the Loures defense, Kléber Queirós kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nicolas Vilalobos. The Loures fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nicolas Vilalobos should have stopped the shot. After the first half Squadra Demarchi were leading 1-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alexsandro Britto to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Squadra Demarchi's goal looked a bit too open when Artur Azevedo came free, but Oscar Saldanha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 56 played minutes Squadra Demarchi got a freekick which was hit by Samuel Ribeiro. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alexsandro Britto in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nicolas Vilalobos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 70th minute of the game Isidro Diegues made a throw-in which Norberto Barbosa played forward. 74 minutes into the match, Squadra Demarchi's Claudinho Loyola broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. When Rafael da Rocha came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Squadra Demarchi 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 Rafael da Rocha couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Squadra Demarchi's Samuel Ribeiro got a free kick in the 87th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kléber Queirós got free with Nicolas Vilalobos in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sérgio Batista kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. Alexsandro Britto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nicolas Vilalobos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 94th minute of play. In the 96th minute, Alexsandro Britto reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Nicolas Vilalobos. The goal made the score 1-9.