U23 World League

Arena Tradicional
Spectators: 7674 (Terracing: 5756, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) Markos Renieris started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Sebastião Moraes managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's supporters rose to their feet, but Sebastião Moraes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Corrado Bosco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 15 minutes into the match, Saronida FC's goalkeeper Corrado Bosco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arthur dos Santos. In the 18th minute, Antonis Vrazilianos 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. Corrado Bosco made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joel Salgado in the 20th minute. Joel Salgado received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Corrado Bosco came out and tried to block the shot, but Joel Salgado slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 23rd minute. In the 30th match minute, FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Salgado to maneuver through the defense. Corrado Bosco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastião Moraes in the 32nd minute of play. A collision led to Saronida FC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Minas Rodanakis hit a great ball. After 41 minutes of play, FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's Chico Secco made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Corrado Bosco was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 46th minute Markos Renieris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jânio Paraíba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Chico Secco to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Chico Secco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Corrado Bosco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Saronida FC defense, Chico Secco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Corrado Bosco. The Saronida FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Corrado Bosco should have stopped the shot. Corrado Bosco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastião Moraes in the 67th minute of the match. After 71 played minutes Saronida FC got a freekick which was hit by Giannis Psaridis. Chico Secco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Corrado Bosco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 78 minutes of play, FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO's Arthur dos Santos made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Corrado Bosco was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 84 minutes, João Carlos Vasconcelos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO and the Saronida FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 84th minute, one of FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO:s Jânio Paraíba showed great skill when he stopped Antonis Vrazilianos:s penalty. In the 93rd minute, Sebastião Moraes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Saronida FC's Minas Rodanakis got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FC VERDE-AMARELO PORCO walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.