U23 World League

Monumental de Bosch
Spectators: 7710 (Terracing: 5784, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Placido Lia took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Reinaldo Calado in the 7th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jorge Nesto saved Alzaga FC from getting behind. In the 9thth minute of the game Placido Lia who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ponte do Carro's Jorge Valério was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jorge Valério showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Placido Lia in the 12th minute of the match. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Ponte do Carro's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Celedonio Erdiano was slow to take the kick. During this time Alzaga FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Alzaga FC's corner Natalio Elivareo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jorge Valério quite easily take care of the ball. After some careless play in the Alzaga FC defense, Reinaldo Calado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jorge Nesto. The Alzaga FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jorge Nesto should have stopped the shot. Alzaga FC's Jorge Nesto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Altino Guerreiro in the 26th minute of play. After 28 minutes Alzaga FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cristóvão Caetano who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Cristóvão Caetano almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Alzaga FC's Jorge Nesto did a great save. Altino Guerreiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Jorge Nesto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jorge Nesto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dionisio Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Jorge Nesto didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dionisio Ramos went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Jorge Valério had great luck who in the 35thth minute grab hold of the ball when Placido Lia from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After some careless play in the Alzaga FC defense, Dionisio Ramos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jorge Nesto. The Alzaga FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jorge Nesto should have stopped the shot. Alzaga FC's Jorge Nesto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Humberto Mascarenhas in the 39th minute of play. Hilario Dei kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. In the 45th minute, Dionisio Ramos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ponte do Carro fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Reinaldo Calado to strike the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Ponte do Carro defense, Placido Lia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jorge Valério. The Ponte do Carro fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jorge Valério should have stopped the shot. In the 61st minute, Celso Felipillo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 63 played minutes Alzaga FC got a freekick which was hit by Pedro Salamon. Reinaldo Calado's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jorge Nesto firmly grabbed it by the left post. 69 minutes into the match, Alzaga FC's goal looked a bit too open when Altino Guerreiro came free, but Jorge Nesto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Placido Lia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jorge Valério was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Humberto Manilan hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Reinaldo Calado's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jorge Nesto firmly grabbed it by the left post. Reinaldo Calado succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-6 in the 80th playminute. 87 minutes into the match, Alzaga FC's Placido Lia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jorge Valério narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jorge Nesto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Humberto Mascarenhas in the 88th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Alzaga FC's Humberto Manilan got a free kick in the 90th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Cristóvão Caetano in the 94th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Alzaga FC's Humberto Manilan. In the 95th minute, Placido Lia left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Alzaga FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-6.