U21 World League

Beto Arena
Spectators: 7717 (Terracing: 5789, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nicolau Soeiro started the match with the kick off. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Jon Stark took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Silvino Morais to make any attempt to save it. The throw-in from Adrianinho Paraíba in the 6th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Gremio Viana's Porfirio Bomba. After a defensive mix-up in Beto Martini MZ 20 years's zone, Nicolau Soeiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bernard Fedosz came out of the goal and Nicolau Soeiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Gremio Viana booed when Beto Martini MZ 20 years was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adrianinho Paraíba didn't get a good kick on the ball. 17 minutes into the game, Jon Stark cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Silvino Morais was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fabricio Txeru in the 21st minute of play forced Gremio Viana's goalkeeper Silvino Morais to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 23 minutes Beto Martini MZ 20 years's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Salvador Resende who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Salvador Resende got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bernard Fedosz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Beto Martini MZ 20 years's Jon Stark in the 27th minute got a chance for a shot 27th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gremio Viana's goalie prevented a goal. In the 40th match minute, Gremio Viana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonardo Valido to maneuver through the defense. Adrianinho Paraíba made in the 42nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Gremio Viana's Porfirio Bomba. Nicolau Soeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Bernard Fedosz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 47 minutes, Armandinho de Queiroz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Beto Martini MZ 20 years's supporters crossed their fingers, but Armandinho de Queiroz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

52 minutes into the match, Beto Martini MZ 20 years's goalkeeper Bernard Fedosz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nicolau Soeiro. If Jon Stark had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 62 minutes into the match, Beto Martini MZ 20 years's goal looked a bit too open when Nicolau Soeiro came free, but Bernard Fedosz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nicolau Soeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Bernard Fedosz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leonardo Valido hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. A throw-in in the 69th minute of the game was made by Adrianinho Paraíba with Dillon Dal Bello as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. After a defensive mix-up in Beto Martini MZ 20 years's zone, Nicolau Soeiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bernard Fedosz came out of the goal and Nicolau Soeiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nicolau Soeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Beto Martini MZ 20 years's Bernard Fedosz got control of the ball when Nicolau Soeiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bernard Fedosz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicolau Soeiro in the 80th minute of play. Gremio Viana's Leonardo Valido quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Adrianinho Paraíba, made in the 82nd minute of the game. Beto Martini MZ 20 years's Bernard Fedosz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Beto Martini MZ 20 years from getting a goal against them. José Ventura's late challenge caught a Beto Martini MZ 20 years's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. José Ventura helped the player get up and apologised. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Armandinho de Queiroz during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 95th minute, Armandinho de Queiroz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Beto Martini MZ 20 years walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.