U23 World League

Arena Sán José
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Clemente Min made the kick off and thus started the match. Pendotiba's Cristian Hoffmann got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Pendotiba's Evaristo de Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leandro Argi in the 9th minute of play. Evaristo de Andrade showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clemente Min, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Baldomiro Elequemedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulo Neves in the 14th minute of play. Pendotiba were awarded a corner in the 15th minute after Pretorianos FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ricardinho Trigo took the corner. After taking down the ball on Pendotiba's corner Ricardinho Trigo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Baldomiro Elequemedo quite easily take care of the ball. In the 17th match minute, Pendotiba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Naldo Hermes to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Cristian Hoffmann took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Baldomiro Elequemedo to make any attempt to save it. Evaristo de Andrade made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clemente Min in the 23rd minute of play. Baldomiro Elequemedo made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Cristian Hoffmann sent off a good shot on target. In the 26th minute Pendotiba were awarded a corner. Ricardinho Trigo went to the cornerflag to take it. With a little luck, Pretorianos FC's Baldomiro Elequemedo got control of the ball when Cristian Hoffmann tried to sneak it across the goal line. Cristian Hoffmann had several of the Pretorianos FC's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 28 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 2-0 score and a disappointed Baldomiro Elequemedo as he didn't even see the shot coming. When Paulo Neves fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pendotiba's protests and gave Paulo Neves a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Pendotiba's Paulo Neves got a free kick in the 31st minute. A collision led to Pretorianos FC getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Gavino Felipo hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Pendotiba's Norberto Marques got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Cristian Hoffmann's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Baldomiro Elequemedo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 35th minute of play. Baldomiro Elequemedo was a little too slow when Cristian Hoffmann got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 39th minute. The score was now 3-0. Baldomiro Elequemedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Neves, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Paulo Neves to make the kick off. A collision led to Pendotiba getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Norberto Marques hit a great ball. Evaristo de Andrade made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clemente Min in the 53rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cristian Hoffmann in the 55th minute of play forced Pretorianos FC's goalkeeper Baldomiro Elequemedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Baldomiro Elequemedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cristian Hoffmann in the 57th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Pretorianos FC's zone, Paulo Neves stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Baldomiro Elequemedo came out of the goal and Paulo Neves tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Clemente Min sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Clemente Min recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Leandro Argi scored 3-1 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Evaristo de Andrade, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 70 minutes into the game, Pretorianos FC's Clemente Min nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Evaristo de Andrade made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2. In the 78th minute, Pendotiba's Gökçen Yerhum seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Gökçen Yerhum the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Pendotiba protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Gökçen Yerhum had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 78th minute, one of Pendotiba:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Pendotiba. Evaristo de Andrade took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Chico, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84th play minute Leandro Argi came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Evaristo de Andrade. 3-4. When Pendotiba's Cristian Hoffmann in the 87th minute got a chance for a shot 87th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pretorianos FC's goalie prevented a goal. Evaristo de Andrade made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leandro Argi in the 92nd minute. In the 94th minute Cristian Hoffmann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Baldomiro Elequemedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.