U21 World League

Barao da Serra Negra
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) XV de Piracicaba's Haruna Hassan started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 8th minute of the game. One of XV de Piracicaba:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Nisu Unn:s goal. In the 11th minute there was a penalty for Nisu Unn. Oodo Lehto stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Samuel Andrade. 0-1. Nisu Unn's attentive Samuel Aavola managed to snatch the ball when Mateus Pimenta made a throw-in in the 15th minute of the game. In the 17th minute Túlio Jacinto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Innokentiy Beskov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Nisu Unn booed when XV de Piracicaba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mateus Pimenta didn't get a good kick on the ball. Samuel Andrade stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Oodo Lehto's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oodo Lehto in the 25th minute of play forced XV de Piracicaba's goalkeeper Samuel Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samuel Andrade took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maarek Oit, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Haruna Hassan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Innokentiy Beskov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mateus Pimenta got a throw-in 37 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Remo Goiano. Kuido Haavistu took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Samuel Andrade. Samuel Andrade dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Innokentiy Beskov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Túlio Jacinto, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Kuido Haavistu made a kick off. 53 minutes into the match, XV de Piracicaba's goalkeeper Samuel Andrade had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kuido Haavistu. Samuel Andrade made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oodo Lehto in the 57th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Oodo Lehto in the 62nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Samuel Andrade saved XV de Piracicaba from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Oodo Lehto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Samuel Andrade was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Innokentiy Beskov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Túlio Jacinto in the 70th minute of the match. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nisu Unn's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wen Yong Sha was slow to take the kick. During this time XV de Piracicaba's players had a chance to rest. Haruna Hassan scored 1-3 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Innokentiy Beskov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 84 minutes into the game, Kuido Haavistu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Samuel Andrade was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Samuel Andrade showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kalju Viru in the 89th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Nisu Unn's Illimar Leemets got a free kick in the 90th minute. Innokentiy Beskov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wen Yong Sha in the 91st minute of the match. After 94 minutes, Kuido Haavistu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nisu Unn and the XV de Piracicaba players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of XV de Piracicaba booed when Nisu Unn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kuido Haavistu didn't get a good kick on the ball.