U21 World League

Canelones
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) KINDERUZ's Adolfo Abrantes 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. The audience was convinced that Adolfo Abrantes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anko Bravo was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. A collision led to KINDERUZ getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Ricardo Bandeira hit a great ball. A hard shot by Hanni Ruiz from long distance, 11 minutes into the match, got Mateus Garcez's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 13th minute, Cristian Ronaldo made a precise shot to the right of Anko Bravo. Nubecitas FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Bruno Fernandes in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Anko Bravo saved Nubecitas FC from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Bruno Fernandes put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Anko Bravo. Pablo Olmedo charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pablo Olmedo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 23rd minute, Pablo Olmedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 25 minutes into the match, Adolfo Abrantes notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Nubecitas FC's Anko Bravo. Anko Bravo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mateus Garcez was a little too slow when Peio Guijarro got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 30th minute. The score was now 1-3. A collision led to KINDERUZ getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Ricardo Bandeira hit a great ball. 46 minutes into the match, KINDERUZ's goal looked a bit too open when Peio Guijarro came free, but Mateus Garcez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Peio Guijarro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Anko Bravo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adolfo Abrantes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 52 minutes into the match, Bruno Fernandes dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Anko Bravo, 2-4. In the 58th match minute, KINDERUZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Palmiro Roriz to maneuver through the defense. Perico Machado took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 59th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mateus Garcez. KINDERUZ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 61st minute, Hanni Ruiz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 64 minutes into the match, KINDERUZ's goal looked a bit too open when Peio Guijarro came free, but Mateus Garcez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 64 played minutes KINDERUZ got a freekick which was hit by Ramiro Mansilha. With 70 minutes on the clock, Jerold Soldado commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 69th minute of the game. One of Nubecitas FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of KINDERUZ:s goal. The referee gave KINDERUZ a penalty, 71 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Cristian Ronaldo, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Nubecitas FC's Anko Bravo. 2-5. Mateus Garcez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peio Guijarro in the 74th minute of play. A collision led to KINDERUZ getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Ricardo Bandeira hit a great ball. After 79 played minutes KINDERUZ got a freekick which was hit by Ivan Novais. Hanni Ruiz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 80th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mateus Garcez. KINDERUZ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 81 played minutes KINDERUZ got a freekick which was hit by Ivan Novais. In the 82nd minute of the match Hanni Ruiz sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mateus Garcez skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jacobo Gomar in the 84th minute of play forced KINDERUZ's goalkeeper Mateus Garcez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anko Bravo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Bandeira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over KINDERUZ could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Nubecitas FC throughout the match.