U23 World League

Castle of Hogwarts
Spectators: 8126 (Terracing: 6096, Seating: 1869, VIP seats: 161) The audience was convinced that Che Feliciano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Chicão de Azevedo was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Marz Arratia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgard Mangueira in the 5th minute. Marz Arratia made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jacinto Quirino in the 7th minute. Atlético Municipal's Marz Arratia proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Atlético Municipal from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Jacinto Quirino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marz Arratia was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. C.A Gryffindor's Chicão de Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Llanos Vinegra in the 19th minute of play. After 21 played minutes Jacinto Quirino rounded Atlético Municipal's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Marz Arratia stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jacinto Quirino's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. C.A Gryffindor's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Karl-Erik Magnusson in the 25th minute. After taking down the ball on C.A Gryffindor's corner Karl-Erik Magnusson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marz Arratia quite easily take care of the ball. 34 minutes into the match, C.A Gryffindor's goal looked a bit too open when Llanos Vinegra came free, but Chicão de Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of C.A Gryffindor booed when Atlético Municipal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cortez Mesia didn't get a good kick on the ball. C.A Gryffindor's Chicão de Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Llanos Vinegra in the 37th minute of play. Chicão de Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bobby Cruz in the 39th minute of play. Marz Arratia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jacinto Quirino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. C.A Gryffindor's Chicão de Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Che Feliciano in the 43rd minute of play. C.A Gryffindor were awarded a corner in the 46th minute after Atlético Municipal's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Karl-Erik Magnusson took the corner. After taking down the ball on C.A Gryffindor's corner Karl-Erik Magnusson fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marz Arratia quite easily take care of the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

52 minutes into the match, Atlético Municipal's goal looked a bit too open when Edgard Mangueira came free, but Marz Arratia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. C.A Gryffindor's Chicão de Azevedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Llanos Vinegra in the 53rd minute of play. In the 55th minute, Sazon Juaristi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Chicão de Azevedo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Llanos Vinegra in the 59th minute of play forced C.A Gryffindor's goalkeeper Chicão de Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Llanos Vinegra in the 62nd minute of play forced C.A Gryffindor's goalkeeper Chicão de Azevedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C.A Gryffindor made a substitution. Paredes Pedrera replaced Marquinhos Filho. Marz Arratia showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guilherme Mazer in the 70th minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, Tomé de Alcântara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristian Acevedo missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 75 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Chicão de Azevedo right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramiro Passos in the 79th minute of play forced Atlético Municipal's goalkeeper Marz Arratia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. C.A Gryffindor's Chicão de Azevedo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save C.A Gryffindor from getting a goal against them. A hard shot 83 in the game by Bobby Cruz from a close distance when the talented Chicão de Azevedo managed to make a qualified save. C.A Gryffindor's players were relieved. 87 minutes into the match, Llanos Vinegra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Chicão de Azevedo. C.A Gryffindor's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Llanos Vinegra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Marz Arratia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edgard Mangueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.