U23 World League

Estádio Almeidão
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Matias Ramond took the kick off in the first half of the match. 毛风振 kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leopoldo Senna in the 8th minute of play forced Pegale De Puntín's goalkeeper Fernado Lima to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Venancio Cordearo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 9th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fernado Lima made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vágner Sergipano in the 11th minute of play. Matias Ramond hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venancio Cordearo in the 16th minute of play forced Belo Academy's goalkeeper Paulo Renato Dracena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 played minutes Pegale De Puntín got a freekick which was hit by Matias Ramond. 22 minutes into the match, Pegale De Puntín's goal looked a bit too open when Vágner Sergipano came free, but Fernado Lima reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Pegale De Puntín's Feliciano Ilixo got a free kick in the 24th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Belo Academy's Douglas Ferraz tried to score from far away in the 25th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Pegale De Puntín's Fernado Lima played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leopoldo Senna in the 27th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Pegale De Puntín's goalkeeper Fernado Lima had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Carlos Alberto Leal. 31 minutes into the game, Leopoldo Senna was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Belo Academy's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pegale De Puntín the free kick. After 31 played minutes Belo Academy got a freekick which was hit by Leopoldo Senna. In the 33rd match minute, Pegale De Puntín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fidel Izel to maneuver through the defense. In the 35th minute, Venancio Cordearo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paulo Renato Dracena was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Severiano Rubio hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. In the 47th minute of the match Douglas Ferraz shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fernado Lima showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After the first half Pegale De Puntín were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Vágner Sergipano made the kick off in the second half. Belo Academy were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after Pegale De Puntín's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Douglas Ferraz took the corner. After taking down the ball on Belo Academy's corner Leopoldo Senna fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fernado Lima quite easily take care of the ball. After 54 played minutes Pegale De Puntín got a freekick which was hit by Severiano Rubio. After a rather tough play, Pegale De Puntín's Matias Ramond got a free kick in the 55th minute. With his leg Paulo Renato Dracena managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Pegale De Puntín's Venancio Cordearo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Carlos Alberto Leal scored 1-1 in the 61st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fernado Lima, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 78th minute, Belo Academy's 毛风振 seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed 毛风振 the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Belo Academy protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and 毛风振 had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. When the match had been going on for 81 minutes, Pegale De Puntín's Fidel Izel got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Paulo Renato Dracena. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Venancio Cordearo in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Paulo Renato Dracena saved Belo Academy from getting behind. Severiano Rubio kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Fernado Lima took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vágner Sergipano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.