U21 World League

Arena Atrio
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Egídio Lucas kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the game, Falcão Ramalho recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Caetano Monteiro. Falcão Ramalho showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. In the 9th minute, Natã Tasso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oséias Dantas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Egídio Lucas in the 14th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Egídio Lucas in the 14th minute of play forced AC Korban's goalkeeper Oséias Dantas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute Falcão Ramalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Caetano Monteiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Icoara Football Club's defense didn't have a chance, in the 18th minute, when Zé Carlos Furlan scored to the left of an out of position Caetano Monteiro, making the score, 2-0. After 20 played minutes Icoara Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Matías Ceresso. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Nando Matos took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Caetano Monteiro to make any attempt to save it. In the 29th minute, Nando Matos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Caetano Monteiro was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. After 33 played minutes Icoara Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Carlinhos Negri. Egídio Lucas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Oséias Dantas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the last second Caetano Monteiro throw himself and got hold of the ball when Nando Matos in the 37thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. In the 39th minute AC Korban were awarded a corner. Nelson Leite went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Nelson Leite almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Icoara Football Club's Caetano Monteiro did a great save. With a little luck, Icoara Football Club's Caetano Monteiro got control of the ball when Natã Tasso tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 44th minute, Zézinho de Lara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Caetano Monteiro made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Flávio Baptista sent off a good shot on target. In the 46th minute Falcão Ramalho suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. AC Korban's Romeu Rodrigues was substituted for Falcão Ramalho. After 47 played minutes Icoara Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Valdo Lima.

Caetano Monteiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romeu Rodrigues, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jaime de Castro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 67 minutes of play, AC Korban's Flávio Baptista made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Caetano Monteiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Caetano Monteiro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nando Matos went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. 8-0 became the score in the 74th minute when Nando Matos elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 78th minute, Natã Tasso left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Korban fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 9-0. 83 minutes into the game, Icoara Football Club's Egídio Lucas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Oséias Dantas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-1. After a rather tough play, Icoara Football Club's Matías Ceresso got a free kick in the 87th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeu Rodrigues in the 93rd minute of play forced Icoara Football Club's goalkeeper Caetano Monteiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AC Korban walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.