U23 World League

Estádio DécimoSétimo
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mateo Ciceron made the kick off which started today's match. When FC Dezassete's Alcides Valadares in the 5th minute got a chance for a shot 5th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye INCONA FC's goalie prevented a goal. Gervásio Mascarenhas's late challenge caught a INCONA FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gervásio Mascarenhas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th minute, Gervásio Mascarenhas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tiago Dantas came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by INCONA FC's Mateo Ciceron. But to his dismay, Mateo Ciceron quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After a defensive mix-up in INCONA FC's zone, Alcides Valadares stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bernardo Bautista came out of the goal and Alcides Valadares tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. FC Dezassete's Tiago Dantas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateo Ciceron in the 18th minute of play. In the 19th match minute, FC Dezassete was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gatis Caca-Rato to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute, Lázaro Gago hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th minute, Lili Li hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was beautiful to see INCONA FC's Abelardo Bela in action when he in the 30th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! 31 minutes into the match, FC Dezassete's goal looked a bit too open when Federico Eneas came free, but Tiago Dantas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernardo Bautista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alcides Valadares in the 36th minute of play. Federico Eneas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Tiago Dantas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alcides Valadares to strike the kick off in the second half. When Abelardo Bela fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored INCONA FC's protests and gave Abelardo Bela a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to INCONA FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Abelardo Bela hit a great ball. Bernardo Bautista showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alcides Valadares in the 56th minute of the match. In the 67th minute, Mateo Ciceron made a precise shot to the right of Tiago Dantas. FC Dezassete's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Lázaro Gago made in the 70th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by INCONA FC's Abelardo Bela. Tiago Dantas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateo Ciceron in the 72nd minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, INCONA FC's Mateo Ciceron dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. FC Dezassete made a substitution. Nivaldo Rijo replaced Alcides Valadares. 85 minutes into the match, Nivaldo Rijo notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of INCONA FC's Bernardo Bautista. Bernardo Bautista was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A throw-in in the 88th minute of the game was made by Gervásio Mascarenhas with Lázaro Gago as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. INCONA FC's Federico Eneas got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FC Dezassete's Tiago Dantas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mateo Ciceron in the 94th minute of play. After 95 played minutes FC Dezassete got a freekick which was hit by Gatis Caca-Rato.