U23 World League

Arena Ariranha City
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Carlos Alberto de Amaral took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Federico Mauro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lúcio Mota saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 4 in the game by Carlos Alberto de Amaral from a close distance when the talented Raymond Halseth managed to make a qualified save. POPODARA F.C's players were relieved. Dorel Ilinca lost his temper 16 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 15th minute, one of POPODARA F.C: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 POPODARA F.C. The goalkeeper, Raymond Halseth, was totally fooled by Paranhos Ariranha FC's Fausto Fernandez, who 18 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. In the 23rd minute, Mats Diallo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lúcio Mota was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Carlos Alberto de Amaral kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Mats Diallo hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Dé Prado managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paranhos Ariranha FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Dé Prado was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Raymond Halseth breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of POPODARA F.C booed when Paranhos Ariranha FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carlinhos Schmidt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xavi Hernandez charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xavi Hernandez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Xavi Hernandez kicked well hit freekick during the 37th minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, POPODARA F.C's Mats Diallo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lúcio Mota narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Paulino Leonidas fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored POPODARA F.C's protests and gave Paulino Leonidas a yellow card for diving instead. In the 44th match minute, POPODARA F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulino Leonidas to maneuver through the defense. After 46 played minutes POPODARA F.C got a freekick which was hit by Paulino Leonidas. The audience thought a goal was coming when Carlos Alberto de Amaral got free with Raymond Halseth in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mats Diallo to strike the kick off in the second half. Mats Diallo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Lúcio Mota tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 54 minutes into the match, Paranhos Ariranha FC's goalkeeper Lúcio Mota had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mats Diallo. Lúcio Mota made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Runar Melum sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Paranhos Ariranha FC booed when POPODARA F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xavi Hernandez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xavi Hernandez kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Mats Diallo scored 1-2 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lúcio Mota, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mats Diallo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Lúcio Mota tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 77 played minutes Paranhos Ariranha FC got a freekick which was hit by Evaristo Moreira. POPODARA F.C's Runar Melum shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 78th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Lúcio Mota but with some difficulty. Paranhos Ariranha FC's Lúcio Mota proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Paranhos Ariranha FC from getting a goal against them. 87 minutes into the match, Paranhos Ariranha FC's goalkeeper Lúcio Mota had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mats Diallo. After 89 minutes of play, POPODARA F.C's Mats Diallo made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lúcio Mota was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match was over POPODARA F.C could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Paranhos Ariranha FC throughout the match.