U23 World League

El Teatro Gasolero
Spectators: 7587 (Terracing: 5691, Seating: 1745, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adilson Custódio started the match with the kick off. Gustavo Ubendu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Pedro Soeiro having to interfere. Enéas de Barros's late challenge caught a Forros Fantásticos AC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enéas de Barros helped the player get up and apologised. Enéas de Barros hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. After 10 minutes of play, Comanche EC's Adilson Custódio made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Guillermo Marko was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to Forros Fantásticos AC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Gustavo Ubendu hit a great ball. When Remo Leite came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Comanche EC 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 Remo Leite couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Forros Fantásticos AC getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Cristian Guerau hit a great ball. Forros Fantásticos AC's Guillermo Marko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remo Leite in the 25th minute of play. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Forros Fantásticos AC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zé Carlos Schmidt was slow to take the kick. During this time Comanche EC's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Aquiles Ugutz heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 26th match minute, Comanche EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aquiles Ugutz to maneuver through the defense. Adilson Custódio scored 0-2 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Guillermo Marko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 32 minutes, Anastasio Millano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Forros Fantásticos AC and the Comanche EC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Forros Fantásticos AC's Anastasio Millano got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Remo Leite scored 0-3 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Guillermo Marko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Forros Fantásticos AC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Comanche EC were winning 0-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Anastasio Millano to make the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anastasio Millano in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg João Pedro Soeiro saved Comanche EC from getting behind. In the 59th minute, Adilson Custódio reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Guillermo Marko. The goal made the score 0-4. Remo Leite succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-5 in the 65th playminute. Guillermo Marko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Remo Leite in the 78th minute of play. Adilson Custódios short, quick shot in the 79thth minute got Guillermo Marko to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. From close distance Adilson Custódio pressed in the 0-7 goal high up into nets stiches in the right cross 79 minutes into the game. Raul Bero kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. 86 minutes into the match, Adilson Custódio had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Guillermo Marko. Forros Fantásticos AC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adilson Custódio was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. João Pedro Soeiro stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anastasio Millano's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. Guillermo Marko stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Adilson Custódio's shot from short distance in the 90th minute. In the 92ndth minute of the game Gustavo Ubendu who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Comanche EC's João Pedro Soeiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adilson Custódio during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 94th match minute, Comanche EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adilson Custódio to maneuver through the defense. Guillermo Marko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adilson Custódio in the 96th minute. The Comanche EC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Comanche EC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.