U23 World League

San Morumbi
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Dênis de Castro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Charles Santos in the 3rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Inter de São Paulo's zone, Jeferson Pombal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eliseu Melo came out of the goal and Jeferson Pombal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael de Godoi in the 28th minute of play forced Inter de São Paulo's goalkeeper Eliseu Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rafael de Godoi in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eliseu Melo saved Inter de São Paulo from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Inter de São Paulo's Alexsandro Branco got a free kick in the 31st minute. 40 minutes into the match, Inter de São Paulo's goal looked a bit too open when Jeferson Pombal came free, but Eliseu Melo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Charles Santos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Inter de São Paulo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Charles Santos made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeferson Pombal in the 54th minute of play forced Inter de São Paulo's goalkeeper Eliseu Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 54 played minutes Inter de São Paulo got a freekick which was hit by César Alagoano. Eliseu Melo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabiano Silveira, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celsinho Bittencourt in the 60th minute of play forced Three Lions FC's goalkeeper Dênis de Castro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Three Lions FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Rafael de Godoi hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Charles Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Inter de São Paulo's supporters rose to their feet, but Charles Santos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dênis de Castro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 73rd minute, Rafael de Godoi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eliseu Melo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from George Grealish in the 77th minute of the match. Eliseu Melo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from George Grealish in the 81st minute of the match. 82 minutes had been played when some careless play by Inter de São Paulo's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rafael de Godoi was slow to take the kick. During this time Three Lions FC's players had a chance to rest. In the 85th minute of the match George Foden sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eliseu Melo skillfully saved the ball. Eliseu Melo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jeferson Pombal in the 86th minute. In the 93rd minute, Yan Ceresso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Three Lions FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.