U23 World League

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Maurinho Rosado got the match started through his kick off. Aloísio Guimarães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armandinho Travassos in the 3rd minute of play. Armandinho Travassos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aloísio Guimarães having to interfere. Aloísio Guimarães stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Armandinho Travassos's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. In the 14th match minute, Red Bull Magnus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Falcão Antunes to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Arsenio Peyo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aloísio Guimarães was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arsenio Peyo in the 17th minute of play. In the 20th match minute, EngTULIO&Tupipano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Túlio Oury to maneuver through the defense. 22 minutes into the match, Red Bull Magnus's goal looked a bit too open when Armandinho Travassos came free, but Aloísio Guimarães reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Armandinho Travassos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aloísio Guimarães having to interfere. Mazinho Lira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurinho Rosado in the 30th minute of the match. After 31 minutes of play, EngTULIO&Tupipano's Arsenio Peyo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aloísio Guimarães was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Arsenio Peyo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Arsenio Peyo scored 0-3 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aloísio Guimarães, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Aloísio Guimarães didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arsenio Peyo went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The wind increased when Arsenio Peyo made the kick off in the second half. Túlio Benga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Red Bull Magnus's Aloísio Guimarães got control of the ball when Arsenio Peyo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 62 minutes into the game, Tony Pontes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Red Bull Magnus's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave EngTULIO&Tupipano the free kick. Tony Pontes hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Arsenio Peyo in the 65thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aloísio Guimarães, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 67th match minute, EngTULIO&Tupipano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Túlio Oury to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th minute of the match Raí de Azevedo shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Aloísio Guimarães showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Túlio Oury charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Túlio Oury the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to EngTULIO&Tupipano getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Túlio Oury hit a great ball. Josué Castro's late challenge caught a EngTULIO&Tupipano's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Josué Castro helped the player get up and apologised. 85 minutes into the game, one of Red Bull Magnus:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 87th minute there was a penalty for EngTULIO&Tupipano. Raí de Azevedo stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Aloísio Guimarães. 0-5. The supporters of EngTULIO&Tupipano booed when Red Bull Magnus was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sidnei Linhares didn't get a good kick on the ball. Armandinho Travassos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. EngTULIO&Tupipano played a much better game than Red Bull Magnus and deserved their victory. The Red Bull Magnus players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.