U23 World League

RÖK Arena
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Júlio Varela took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 7 played minutes RÖK got a freekick which was hit by Augusto Negri. C.A. GUAYACO's Walme Saucedo got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Yan Pirani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mendoza Joseph in the 10th minute of the match. RÖK's Yan Pirani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mendoza Joseph in the 14th minute of play. Yan Pirani didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when C.A. GUAYACO's Luís Ferreira shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Yan Pirani stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luís Ferreira's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. After 23 played minutes RÖK got a freekick which was hit by Edson Brito. Mendoza Joseph's late challenge caught a RÖK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mendoza Joseph helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of RÖK booed when C.A. GUAYACO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mendoza Joseph didn't get a good kick on the ball. Júlio Varelas short, quick shot in the 30thth minute got Arias Burgo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience was convinced that Mendoza Joseph's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yan Pirani was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. C.A. GUAYACO's Arias Burgo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cesinha Marquez in the 37th minute of play. In the 39th match minute, RÖK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dé Guedes to maneuver through the defense. After 47 minutes of play, C.A. GUAYACO's Mendoza Joseph made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yan Pirani was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Luís Ferreira made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elivélton Cruz in the 53rd minute of play forced C.A. GUAYACO's goalkeeper Arias Burgo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yan Pirani didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when C.A. GUAYACO's Luís Ferreira shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. 59 minutes into the match, C.A. GUAYACO's goal looked a bit too open when Júlio Varela came free, but Arias Burgo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. RÖK's Yan Pirani played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mendoza Joseph in the 61st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cesinha Marquez during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. RÖK's defense didn't have a chance, in the 64th minute, when Luís Ferreira scored to the left of an out of position Yan Pirani, making the score, 0-4. After some careless play in the RÖK defense, Mendoza Joseph kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Yan Pirani. The RÖK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Yan Pirani should have stopped the shot. Júlio Varela struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Arias Burgo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for RÖK. Wilmer Villerias charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wilmer Villerias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of RÖK booed when C.A. GUAYACO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilmer Villerias didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arias Burgo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hamílton Proença, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 0-6 became the score in the 88th minute when Mendoza Joseph elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. With his leg Yan Pirani managed to avoid a goal in the 93rdth minute, when C.A. GUAYACO's Luís Ferreira fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mendoza Joseph in the 96th minute of play forced RÖK's goalkeeper Yan Pirani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, C.A. GUAYACO's Yan Pirani threw himself towards the right post 98 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Mendoza Joseph, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When the final whistle sounded C.A. GUAYACO left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than RÖK.