U23 World League

Encanto
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The audience was convinced that 秦鸿云's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gino Brito was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Edinho Corrêa hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Encanto's Rui de Mendonça played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geovânio Camargo in the 13th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Carlos Costa during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Encanto getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Carlos Costa hit a great ball. João Adolfo Santana had several of the Bezerros EC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 16 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Gino Brito as he didn't even see the shot coming. Eliézer Queiroz's late challenge caught a Encanto's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eliézer Queiroz helped the player get up and apologised. 秦鸿云 received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gino Brito came out and tried to block the shot, but 秦鸿云 slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 25th minute. In the 28th minute, Eliézer Queiroz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 29 minutes into the match, Encanto's Washington Borges broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Gino Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 秦鸿云, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bezerros EC's Gino Brito proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Bezerros EC from getting a goal against them. In the 35th minute Gustavo Corrêa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rui de Mendonça saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gino Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 秦鸿云, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gino Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 秦鸿云, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, 秦鸿云 put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Gino Brito.

The wind increased when Gustavo Corrêa made the kick off in the second half. Rui de Mendonça showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dedé Loyola in the 51st minute of the match. Rui de Mendonça made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dedé Loyola in the 53rd minute of play. After some careless play in the Bezerros EC defense, 秦鸿云 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gino Brito. The Bezerros EC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gino Brito should have stopped the shot. Gino Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 秦鸿云, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. João Adolfo Santana recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 66 minutes of play Bezerros EC's Eliézer Queiroz was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 67 played minutes Bezerros EC got a freekick which was hit by Eliézer Queiroz. A collision led to Bezerros EC getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Vágner Cunha hit a great ball. Gino Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 秦鸿云, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Encanto's João Adolfo Santana got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gino Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Adolfo Santana in the 76th minute of the match. With a little luck, Encanto's Rui de Mendonça got control of the ball when Gustavo Corrêa tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 95 minutes, Rogério Ramalho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Encanto and the Bezerros EC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th match minute, Encanto was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rogério Ramalho to maneuver through the defense. Rui de Mendonça was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Edinho Corrêa. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Encanto fully deserved thier win.