U23 World League

ARENA NFT
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Montez Abalos started the match with the kick off. Haridades F.C's Ronaldinho Pernambucano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastián Villca in the 2nd minute of play. Los Kollas's Tauro Abancens proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Los Kollas from getting a goal against them. After 7 minutes of play, Haridades F.C's Ernesto Coelho made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tauro Abancens was left in no man's land by his defense there! Haridades F.C's Ronaldinho Pernambucano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastián Villca in the 11th minute of play. Gerson Sarmento shot from long distance in the 16th minute, but Tauro Abancens was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. The supporters of Haridades F.C booed when Los Kollas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Romo Abella didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tauro Abancens made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Luís Eduardo Souza sent off a good shot on target. Ronaldinho Pernambucano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastián Villca in the 26th minute of the match. A collision led to Los Kollas getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Bladi Abarca hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Montez Abalos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ronaldinho Pernambucano was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Ronaldinho Pernambucano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastián Galetto in the 38th minute of play. A collision led to Los Kollas getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Sebastián Galetto hit a great ball. The supporters of Los Kollas booed when Haridades F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Eduardo Souza didn't get a good kick on the ball. Haridades F.C were furious when Pedro Augusto Melo was red carded, 47 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 47th minute of the game. One of Haridades F.C:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Los Kollas:s goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Roberto Siqueira made a kick off. Sebastián Villca could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Ronaldinho Pernambucano made a huge save. Ronaldinho Pernambucano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastián Galetto in the 70th minute of the match. Umbruso Abella hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Tauro Abancens made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerson Sarmento in the 75th minute of play. Ernesto Coelho kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Romo Abella kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Sebastián Galetto received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ronaldinho Pernambucano came out and tried to block the shot, but Sebastián Galetto slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 81st minute. Sebastián Villca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ronaldinho Pernambucano having to interfere. Sebastián Villca's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ronaldinho Pernambucano firmly grabbed it by the left post. Ronaldinho Pernambucano had great luck who in the 88thth minute grab hold of the ball when Sebastián Galetto from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After having played for 94 minutes, Ernesto Coelho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Haridades F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ernesto Coelho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 95 minutes into the game, Ernesto Coelho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Haridades F.C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Los Kollas the free kick. In the 95th minute, Ernesto Coelho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Haridades F.C fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Los Kollas were clearly better and deserved to take the win.