U23 World League

Aníbal Lopez
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) An unexpectedly hard shot by Tyrone Meehan in the 4th minute of play forced Litoral EC - CIMZ's goalkeeper Joélson Carvalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 5 minutes into the game, Piers Goacher was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. The Tigers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Litoral EC - CIMZ the free kick. After 5 played minutes The Tigers got a freekick which was hit by Piers Goacher. Guto Recife sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 14th minute Carl Atkins shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joélson Carvalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tim Johnstone made an important save on a dangerous shot by Guto Recife in the 22nd minute. Hayden Moore received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Joélson Carvalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, The Tigers's Piers Goacher got a free kick in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute, Tyrone Meehan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ricardinho Vander kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. In the 31st minute, João Augusto Linares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Joélson Carvalho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carl Atkins, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 45th minute, Tyrone Meehan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Joélson Carvalho was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Carl Atkins to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Litoral EC - CIMZ's Eugênio Figueiredo got a free kick in the 51st minute. Joélson Carvalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hayden Moore, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 55th match minute, Litoral EC - CIMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugênio Figueiredo to maneuver through the defense. Litoral EC - CIMZ's Joélson Carvalho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to save Litoral EC - CIMZ from getting a goal against them. In the 60th minute Carl Atkins shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Joélson Carvalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guto Recife in the 63rd minute of play forced The Tigers's goalkeeper Tim Johnstone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guto Recife hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. In the 69th minute, Paulo José Campidelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 73 played minutes Litoral EC - CIMZ got a freekick which was hit by Igor Berger. 74 minutes into the game, Guto Recife was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Litoral EC - CIMZ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave The Tigers the free kick. In the 74th match minute, Litoral EC - CIMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guto Recife to maneuver through the defense. Joélson Carvalho made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Higinio Patxi sent off a good shot on target. When Guto Recife came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Litoral EC - CIMZ 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 Guto Recife couldn't finish the play. Tim Johnstone showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardinho Vander in the 79th minute of the match. In the 81st minute, Ricardinho Vander hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 83rd match minute, The Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tyrone Meehan to maneuver through the defense. Tim Johnstone took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guto Recife, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, The Tigers's Piers Goacher got a free kick in the 94th minute. After 94 minutes of play, Litoral EC - CIMZ's Paulo José Campidelis made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tim Johnstone was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the final whistle sounded The Tigers left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Litoral EC - CIMZ.