U23 League

Arena TSS
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) After 3 minutes, Tyson Touro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the GRÊMIO and the Mundial EC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to GRÊMIO getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Tyson Touro hit a great ball. Arí Terra's late challenge caught a Mundial EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arí Terra helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th match minute, GRÊMIO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arí Terra to maneuver through the defense. Germano Moraes came out of the goal in the 12th minute to try and stop a shot by GRÊMIO's Ettore Gaeta. But to his dismay, Ettore Gaeta quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After 14 minutes of play GRÊMIO's Tyson Touro 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 a rather tough play, GRÊMIO's Tyson Touro got a free kick in the 15th minute. Reinaldo de Alcântara came free with the goalkeeper in the 18th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Carlos Miguel could save by the left post. In the 21st match minute, GRÊMIO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elpidio Gai to maneuver through the defense. When GRÊMIO's Liu Feng Guang in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mundial EC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 26th minute, Reinaldo de Alcântara got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After a rather tough play, GRÊMIO's Ettore Gaeta got a free kick in the 27th minute. In the 31st minute Arí Travassos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Miguel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carlos Miguel stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arí Travassos's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. Liu Feng Guang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Germano Moraes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Elpidio Gai hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Arí Travassos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Carlos Miguel made a huge save. After some careless play in the Mundial EC defense, Ettore Gaeta kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Germano Moraes. The Mundial EC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Germano Moraes should have stopped the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Liu Feng Guang to strike the kick off in the second half. Arí Terra hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Carlos Miguel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arí Travassos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 68th minute, Anísio Esteves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carlos Miguel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Li Li, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. Mundial EC were awarded a corner in the 72th minute after GRÊMIO's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Will de Backer took the corner. The corner ended in Arí Travassos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but GRÊMIO's Carlos Miguel did a great save. In the 76thth minute of the game Liu Feng Guang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mundial EC's Germano Moraes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ettore Gaeta got his second yellow card in the match during the 76th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of Mundial EC booed when GRÊMIO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ettore Gaeta didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute, Bebeto Maia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 80 minutes, Pedro Luís Lima mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mundial EC and the GRÊMIO players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Mundial EC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Pedro Luís Lima hit a great ball. After 81 played minutes GRÊMIO got a freekick which was hit by Liu Feng Guang. In the 84th minute of the match Will de Backer shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Carlos Miguel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Li Li in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Carlos Miguel saved GRÊMIO from getting behind. 96 minutes into the game, Bebeto Maia was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mundial EC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave GRÊMIO the free kick. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. GRÊMIO had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.