U21 World League

Boca do Dragao
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) A collision led to Minotauro getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Eliseu Peres hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bartosz Bednorz got free with Higino Pessoa in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Pinhote FC's Higino Pessoa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Pinhote FC from getting a goal against them. Higino Pessoa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bartosz Bednorz in the 24th minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Paulinho Santos fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Isidoro Rijo scored 0-2 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giovanni de Toledo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 38th minute Ernesto Damião shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Higino Pessoa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Higino Pessoa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesto Damião, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Pinhote FC defense, Ernesto Damião kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Higino Pessoa. The Pinhote FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Higino Pessoa should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ernesto Damião to make the kick off. Giovanni de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermenegildo Teles, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After 54 minutes of play, Minotauro's Bartosz Bednorz made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Higino Pessoa was left in no man's land by his defense there! Giovanni de Toledo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zezé Haaland went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Giovanni de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isidoro Rijo, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Giovanni de Toledo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pedro Neto went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. When Eliseu Peres fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Minotauro's protests and gave Eliseu Peres a yellow card for diving instead. Pinhote FC were furious when Nuno Alves was red carded, 76 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In the 77th minute, Nuno Alves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Pinhote FC defense, Ernesto Damião kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Higino Pessoa. The Pinhote FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Higino Pessoa should have stopped the shot. Higino Pessoa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernesto Damião, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Higino Pessoa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ernesto Damião, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. Giovanni de Toledo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Isidoro Rijo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-5 in the 95 minute of play.