U23 World League

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 7724 (Terracing: 5874, Seating: 1700, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Feliciano Leoiar got the match started through his kick off. Gustavo Sauer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Vinicio Bidari made a huge save. 4 minutes into the match, The Old Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Frederico Vianna came free, but Vinicio Bidari reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. BRASIL.Sp's Ubaldo Fillol played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Feliciano Leoiar in the 7th minute of play. In the 7th match minute, BRASIL.Sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Júnior Cerezo to maneuver through the defense. A throw-in in the 11th minute of the game was made by Silvio Birjaio with Marcial Daunte as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Ubaldo Fillol showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feliciano Leoiar in the 12th minute of the match. After 14 played minutes The Old Boys got a freekick which was hit by Haroldo Padro. In the 22nd match minute, BRASIL.Sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Delfim Cerezo to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Feliciano Leoiar in the 26th minute of play forced BRASIL.Sp's goalkeeper Ubaldo Fillol to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gustavo Sauer came free with the goalkeeper in the 28th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Vinicio Bidari could save by the left post. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Gustavo Sauer took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Vinicio Bidari to make any attempt to save it. Danilo Uhin hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. If Gustavo Sauer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, The Old Boys's Santa Luis got a free kick in the 40th minute. 45 minutes into the match, BRASIL.Sp's goal looked a bit too open when Santa Luis came free, but Ubaldo Fillol reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th match minute, The Old Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gustavo Eliu to maneuver through the defense. Vinicio Bidari made a fantastic save in the 48th minute, when Gustavo Sauer sent off a good shot on target. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Frederico Vianna to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in The Old Boys's zone, Gustavo Sauer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vinicio Bidari came out of the goal and Gustavo Sauer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 54 minutes of play, BRASIL.Sp's Gustavo Sauer made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vinicio Bidari was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ubaldo Fillol took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jairo Lizar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santa Luis got free with Ubaldo Fillol in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Old Boys's Vinicio Bidari played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo Sauer in the 62nd minute of play. Vinicio Bidari didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gustavo Sauer went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. BRASIL.Sp's Breno Sá was substituted for Frédson Mineiro. Vinicio Bidari took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gustavo Sauer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Emanuel Figueiredo hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. BRASIL.Sp made a substitution. Alin Cucerdean replaced Gustavo Sauer. After a rather tough play, BRASIL.Sp's Emanuel Figueiredo got a free kick in the 73rd minute. 75 minutes into the match, The Old Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Kléber Ferreira came free, but Vinicio Bidari reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Breno Sá in the 78th minute of play forced The Old Boys's goalkeeper Vinicio Bidari to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to The Old Boys getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Danilo Uhin hit a great ball. In the 81st minute Feliciano Leoiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ubaldo Fillol saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vinicio Bidari showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Breno Sá, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 86th minute, Haroldo Padro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was beautiful to see BRASIL.Sp's Júnior Cerezo in action when he in the 87th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! In the 91st minute Breno Sá shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vinicio Bidari saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alin Cucerdean fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vinicio Bidari having to interfere. 96 minutes into the match, BRASIL.Sp's goal looked a bit too open when Jairo Lizar came free, but Ubaldo Fillol reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. BRASIL.Sp's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.