U23 World League

Solo Arena
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rex Ellis started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute the ball was on its way in behind Recolta Alamor's goalkeeper Grigore Proca, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 10th minute, Rex Ellis 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felippe Saraiva in the 14th minute of play forced Recolta Alamor's goalkeeper Grigore Proca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Recolta Alamor's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Magdaleno came free, but Grigore Proca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, Norman Donnelly dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Hamílton Donatello, 1-0. Phil Riggs hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Paulo de Barros in the 34th minute of play forced Recolta Alamor's goalkeeper Grigore Proca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that José Paulo de Barros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grigore Proca was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. In the 41st minute, Kauan Carioca left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Parfrente FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kauan Carioca stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. José Paulo de Barros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 51st minute of the match, but Grigore Proca made a huge save. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Kauan Carioca managed to get in a good position for a shot. Parfrente FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Kauan Carioca was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Grigore Proca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Grigore Proca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Paulo de Barros, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. In the 59th minute Kauan Carioca shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grigore Proca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Norman Donnelly hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hamílton Donatello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rex Ellis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 66 minutes, José Paulo de Barros mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Parfrente FC and the Recolta Alamor players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Parfrente FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. José Paulo de Barros hit a great ball. In the 67th minute of the match Alonzo Donahue shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hamílton Donatello showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Recolta Alamor's Grigore Proca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Paulo de Barros in the 68th minute of play. Recolta Alamor's Norberto Ivey was substituted for Phil Riggs. A collision led to Recolta Alamor getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Alonzo Donahue hit a great ball. In the 71st minute of the match Felippe Saraiva shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Grigore Proca showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to Recolta Alamor getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Alonzo Donahue hit a great ball. After 78 played minutes Recolta Alamor got a freekick which was hit by Alonzo Donahue. Grigore Proca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kauan Carioca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grigore Proca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kauan Carioca, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hamílton Donatello made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rex Ellis in the 84th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Parfrente FC's Horácio Salgado got a free kick in the 85th minute. In the 86th match minute, Parfrente FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Horácio Salgado to maneuver through the defense. 87 minutes into the match, Rupert Simmons had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hamílton Donatello. Parfrente FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rupert Simmons was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Theron Creech hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Recolta Alamor fully deserved thier win.