U21 World League

El Matadero
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Escuadrón Mercenario's Indalecio Abadia started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute, Diego Armando Goetschi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Josué Castro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Acácio Domingues, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. In the 6thth minute of the game Arthur Barral who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Escuadrón Mercenario's Josué Castro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 7 minutes Escuadrón Mercenario's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Acácio Domingues who took care of the corner kick. Unidade Pinto Louco's Dalmo Félix proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Unidade Pinto Louco from getting a goal against them. A hard shot 11 in the game by Indalecio Abadia from a close distance when the talented Dalmo Félix managed to make a qualified save. Unidade Pinto Louco's players were relieved. In the 13th minute Acácio Domingues shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Josué Castro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Iztal Aballe got free with Dalmo Félix in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Josué Castro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edgard Leme went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Arthur Barral put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Josué Castro. In the 40th minute, Acácio Domingues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marco Santana during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Marco Santana hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Josué Castro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgard Leme, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The Escuadrón Mercenario players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Unidade Pinto Louco were winning 1-3.

A collision led to Unidade Pinto Louco getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Rogério Fontes hit a great ball. Edgard Leme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Escuadrón Mercenario's Josué Castro got control of the ball when Arthur Barral tried to sneak it across the goal line. Edgard Leme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 74th play minutes Arthur Barral shot 1-4, a short shot which went by Josué Castro and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 76th minute, Indalecio Abadia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dalmo Félix was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. The supporters of Unidade Pinto Louco booed when Escuadrón Mercenario was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucas Rioja didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 84th minute, Arthur Barral 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. In the 89th minute, Edgard Leme ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Josué Castro was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. Umberto Aparecido sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Unidade Pinto Louco eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.