U23 World League

Piernitas Liting
Spectators: 7732 (Terracing: 5800, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Isidoro Baristo kicked off to start the match. Isidoro Baristo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 4th minute of the match, but Pedro Čech made a huge save. In the 9th match minute, Guansa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edgard Bazkoare to maneuver through the defense. Seterma Tractors's Petrus Catarinense got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pedro Čech made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Isidoro Baristo sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Manoel Prestes during the 16th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 16th match minute, Seterma Tractors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manoel Prestes to maneuver through the defense. Isidoro Baristo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Pedro Čech tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 20 minutes of play, Seterma Tractors's Xie Cheng Ao made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cornelio Asteri was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 23rd play minute Isidoro Baristo came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Pedro Čech. 1-1. 27 minutes into the match, Guansa's goal looked a bit too open when Cícero de Medeiros came free, but Cornelio Asteri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Seterma Tractors's zone, Aldo Cresconio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Čech came out of the goal and Aldo Cresconio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Isidoro Baristo charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Isidoro Baristo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 31st match minute, Guansa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isidoro Baristo to maneuver through the defense. Cornelio Asteri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cícero de Medeiros in the 34th minute of play. Isidoro Baristo kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. 44 minutes into the match, Guansa's Isidoro Baristo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pedro Čech narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Petrus Catarinense was the one to do the kick off. Pedro Čech came out of the goal in the 51st minute to try and stop a shot by Guansa's Eusebio Gartzi. But to his dismay, Eusebio Gartzi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 57th minute, Seterma Tractors's Petrus Catarinense dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind Seterma Tractors's goalkeeper Pedro Čech, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Hector Terciero's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pedro Čech was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. 75 minutes in the game Manoel Prestes did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Mathias Fontes. Petrus Catarinense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cornelio Asteri having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Baristo in the 82nd minute of play forced Seterma Tractors's goalkeeper Pedro Čech to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes in the game Manoel Prestes did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Cícero de Medeiros. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petrus Catarinense in the 89th minute of play forced Guansa's goalkeeper Cornelio Asteri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petrus Catarinense in the 90th minute of play forced Guansa's goalkeeper Cornelio Asteri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Cícero de Medeiros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Damian Hondo fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Guansa's protests and gave Damian Hondo a yellow card for diving instead. In the 93rd match minute, Guansa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Damian Hondo to maneuver through the defense. 94 minutes into the match, Guansa's goalkeeper Cornelio Asteri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Petrus Catarinense. Seterma Tractors's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.