U21 World League

Arena Salvador
Spectators: 7831 (Terracing: 5874, Seating: 1801, VIP seats: 156) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jeff Waters made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to RED BLUE STAR getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Vintilă Ilie hit a great ball. After 14 played minutes RED BLUE STAR got a freekick which was hit by Marcel Itu. If Emerson Bueno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to RED BLUE STAR getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Vlad Ştirbu hit a great ball. The supporters of Torino SSA booed when RED BLUE STAR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivan Baldovinescu didn't get a good kick on the ball. RED BLUE STAR's Damian Tender played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benicio Galvan in the 22nd minute of play. RED BLUE STAR's Damian Tender proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save RED BLUE STAR from getting a goal against them. In the 26th minute of the match Torino SSA got a corner. RED BLUE STAR's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Benicio Galvan ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 27 played minutes RED BLUE STAR got a freekick which was hit by Vlad Ştirbu. 31 minutes into the match, Benicio Galvan notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of RED BLUE STAR's Damian Tender. Damian Tender was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. RED BLUE STAR's defense didn't have a chance, in the 42nd minute, when Benicio Galvan scored to the left of an out of position Damian Tender, making the score, 2-0. In the 47th minute, Jeff Waters left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Torino SSA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. 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.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vasile Leucuța was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benicio Galvan in the 53rd minute of play forced RED BLUE STAR's goalkeeper Damian Tender to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Damian Tender showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benicio Galvan in the 54th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rômulo Sousa during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 59th match minute, Torino SSA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rômulo Sousa to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the RED BLUE STAR defense, Jeff Waters kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Damian Tender. The RED BLUE STAR fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Damian Tender should have stopped the shot. Vintilă Ilie kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. In the 76th match minute, RED BLUE STAR was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ferdinand Pociu to maneuver through the defense. Vintilă Ilie's late challenge caught a Torino SSA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vintilă Ilie helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Torino SSA booed when RED BLUE STAR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vintilă Ilie didn't get a good kick on the ball. Torino SSA made a substitution. Celsinho de Mendonça replaced Benicio Galvan. Torino SSA's Marcelo Barbosa was substituted for Emerson Bueno. The supporters of Torino SSA booed when RED BLUE STAR was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vintilă Ilie didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 80 minutes, Rômulo Sousa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Torino SSA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rômulo Sousa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 82nd minute Celsinho de Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damian Tender saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damian Tender took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeff Waters, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute Jeff Waters shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Damian Tender saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. RED BLUE STAR's Damian Tender played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rômulo Sousa in the 87th minute of play. Damian Tender didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Celsinho de Mendonça went, in the 88th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Torino SSA's Júlio Rosa was substituted for Adalberto Vale. Damian Tender took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rômulo Sousa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rdth minute of the game Rômulo Sousa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RED BLUE STAR's Damian Tender was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 95 minutes, Celsinho de Mendonça made it 6-0 with a short kick to the right side. RED BLUE STAR's Damian Tender tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the referee ended the match the Torino SSA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.