U23 World League

Arena Ximbocú
Spectators: 7750 (Terracing: 5814, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) Tinguaro Palau started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 5 played minutes SiTomanBoy´s got a freekick which was hit by Simón Videla. Alejandro Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vânderson Esteves having to interfere. Claudinei Tande could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Aldo Oroeta made a huge save. After 10 minutes of play, Lobo Guará's Claudinei Tande made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aldo Oroeta was left in no man's land by his defense there! 19 minutes into the match, SiTomanBoy´s's goal looked a bit too open when Gustavo Mendonça came free, but Aldo Oroeta reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 21 minutes, Cristián Pavon mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lobo Guará and the SiTomanBoy´s players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Lobo Guará getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Cristián Pavon hit a great ball. Claudinei Tande received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Aldo Oroeta came out and tried to block the shot, but Claudinei Tande slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 23rd minute. 27 minutes into the match, Claudinei Tande had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aldo Oroeta. SiTomanBoy´s's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudinei Tande was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Aldo Oroeta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo Mendonça, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by SiTomanBoy´s's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kauan Salgado was slow to take the kick. During this time Lobo Guará's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Lobo Guará's Gustavo Nunes getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 37th minute Alejandro Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vânderson Esteves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vânderson Esteves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tinguaro Palau, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Alejandro Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Vânderson Esteves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alejandro Castro hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. In the 49th match minute, Lobo Guará was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulo Renato Arce to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Claudinei Tande made the kick off in the second half. If Tinguaro Palau had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vânderson Esteves made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Tinguaro Palau sent off a good shot on target. When Niceto Martini fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SiTomanBoy´s's protests and gave Niceto Martini a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Lobo Guará booed when SiTomanBoy´s was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Niceto Martini didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lobo Guará made a substitution. Artur Branco replaced Albertinho Leite. Vânderson Esteves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tinguaro Palau in the 74th minute of the match. In the 78th minute, Kauan Salgado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 78th minute of the match Simón Videla shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vânderson Esteves showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Lobo Guará's Vânderson Esteves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alejandro Castro in the 81st minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 83 minutes, Vânderson Esteves successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Sandro Riesco's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Vânderson Esteves firmly grabbed it by the left post. Vânderson Esteves made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Feliberto Millar sent off a good shot on target. In the 93rd minute Tinguaro Palau shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vânderson Esteves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudinei Tande in the 97th minute of play forced SiTomanBoy´s's goalkeeper Aldo Oroeta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Claudinei Tande came up free with the goalie in the 99th minute, the Lobo Guará fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Claudinei Tande couldn't finish the play. The Lobo Guará players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.