U23 World League

Arena Metropolitana
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aimar Villa started the match with the kick off. Eloy Mangas made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Cléberson de Azevedo sent off a good shot on target. Aimar Villa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Patrick Recife tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Soucar FC's Eloy Mangas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Otávio Toledo in the 10th minute of play. Otávio Toledo's late challenge caught a Soucar FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Otávio Toledo helped the player get up and apologised. Otávio Toledo hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. AC Metropol's Otávio Toledo got a good chance for a goal in the 14th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cléberson de Azevedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eloy Mangas having to interfere. A collision led to Soucar FC getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Nuno Zapater hit a great ball. Eloy Mangas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Otávio Toledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eloy Mangas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Otávio Toledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 34th minute, Benja Pascua ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrick Recife was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Jarbas Azevedo kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. In the 41st minute, one of AC Metropol: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 AC Metropol. The AC Metropol players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Soucar FC were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Otávio Toledo to make the kick off. Eloy Mangas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cléberson de Azevedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cléberson de Azevedo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eloy Mangas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Otávio Toledo in the 55th minute of the match. If Otávio Toledo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Soucar FC's Eloy Mangas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Otávio Toledo in the 78th minute of play. 81 minutes into the game, Aimar Villa recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Patrick Recife. Aimar Villa showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. Aimar Villa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patrick Recife having to interfere.