U23 World League

Battle of death
Spectators: 7710 (Terracing: 5784, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Zé Paulo de Souza made the kick off and thus started the match. Sergio Gutierrez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Paulo de Souza in the 9th minute of play. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s Sergio Gutierrez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Paulo de Souza in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goal looked a bit too open when Edinson Gentenaar came free, but Sergio Gutierrez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sergio Gutierrez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Paulo de Souza in the 14th minute of the match. Sergio Gutierrez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edinson Gentenaar in the 16th minute of play. After 17 played minutes ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ got a freekick which was hit by José Ramos. Sergio Gutierrez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edinson Gentenaar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sergio Gutierrez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zé Paulo de Souza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ismael Neiva in the 25th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Sergio Gutierrez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vambola Probach in the 29th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Sergio Gutierrez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diómedes Rodriguez might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kléberson Laguna. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Diómedes Rodriguez ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 32nd minute Vambola Probach shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergio Gutierrez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vambola Probach in the 35th minute of play forced ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Sergio Gutierrez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 44 minutes JFSP's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was José Ramos who took care of the corner kick. José Ramos made a great header on ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s corner, it was just that JFSP's Kléberson Laguna managed to reach the ball for a save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vambola Probach during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, JFSP's Vambola Probach got a free kick in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Diómedes Rodriguez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes JFSP got a freekick which was hit by Ismael Neiva. The supporters of ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ booed when JFSP was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ismael Neiva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sergio Gutierrez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edinson Gentenaar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jeferson Aguiar's late challenge caught a ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jeferson Aguiar helped the player get up and apologised. Jeferson Aguiar hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Victoriano Belmiro charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Victoriano Belmiro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When the match had been going on for 73 minutes, JFSP's Rubinho Zanette got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Sergio Gutierrez. Jonathan Ramírez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Zé Paulo de Souza managed to get in a good position for a shot. JFSP's supporters rose to their feet, but Zé Paulo de Souza was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sergio Gutierrez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 91st minute, Jonathan Ramírez 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. When Ismael Neiva got free in front of the goal in the 94th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Sergio Gutierrez was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. In the 97th minute Diómedes Rodriguez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kléberson Laguna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Juanfran Gentenaar hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match.