U23 World League

Stadium Zemantauskas
Spectators: 7677 (Terracing: 5758, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The crowd rose to their feet as Zemantauskas FC's Remo Varela slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Wellington Xavier. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. In the 9th minute, Remo Varela ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wellington Xavier was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Remo Varela was extremely unlucky when he, in the 14th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Sílvio Penha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antônio da Cunha in the 16th minute of the match. In the 18th minute, Zemantauskas FC's Alex Berger ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Wellington Xavier. Wellington Xavier yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. If Davi Mello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Remo Varela got free with Wellington Xavier in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Remo Varela hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. In the 32nd match minute, Zemantauskas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valdir Ortiz to maneuver through the defense. The throw-in from Teodoro Couto in the 33rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Zemantauskas FC's Renato Nascimento. Wellington Xavier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Berger in the 40th minute of play. Wellington Xavier came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Zemantauskas FC's Davi Mello. But to his dismay, Davi Mello quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cristóvão de Sousa made a kick off. Wellington Xavier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Davi Mello, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. After 60 played minutes The Best Ones got a freekick which was hit by Sydney Mattos. Egídio Vale lost his temper 64 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 64 played minutes Zemantauskas FC got a freekick which was hit by Egídio Vale. Sílvio Luiz Koehler recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zemantauskas FC's Remo Varela got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind The Best Ones's goalkeeper Wellington Xavier, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Wellington Xavier didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alex Berger went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Zemantauskas FC's Igor Britto got a free kick in the 77th minute. Wellington Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alex Berger in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 95th match minute, Zemantauskas FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Britto to maneuver through the defense.