U21 World League

Arena Ororubá
Spectators: 7564 (Terracing: 5674, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Chiquinho Alcântara started the match with the kick off. In the 8th minute, Cornel Surdilă made a precise shot to the right of Ivo de Moraes. Pesqueira City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Ivo de Moraes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Best Tek, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Bran Anievas kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. If Szczepan Barycz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ivo de Moraes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Szczepan Barycz in the 16th minute of play. Ivo de Moraes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Best Tek in the 22nd minute of play. Best Tek scored 0-2 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ivo de Moraes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Ninjas in Pyjamas's Best Tek in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pesqueira City's goalie prevented a goal. Cornel Surdilă sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35th minute of the game, Franklin da Fonseca landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. After 35 minutes, Rilind Mena mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ninjas in Pyjamas and the Pesqueira City players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 37th minute, Rilind Mena hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 39 played minutes, Pesqueira City's Tomé Donatello shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Leontin Ilieș came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Pesqueira City reached it. Pesqueira City's Ivo de Moraes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Best Tek in the 40th minute of play. 43 minutes into the game, Cornel Surdilă cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Ivo de Moraes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Best Tek was the one to do the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Pesqueira City's zone, Cornel Surdilă stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ivo de Moraes came out of the goal and Cornel Surdilă tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Best Tek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ivo de Moraes was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. A collision led to Ninjas in Pyjamas getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Kurt Klemensson hit a great ball. In the 67th minute, Cornel Surdilă made a precise shot to the right of Ivo de Moraes. Pesqueira City's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. After 74 played minutes, Pesqueira City's Erasmo Linares shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Leontin Ilieș came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Pesqueira City reached it. Ivo de Moraes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Szczepan Barycz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pesqueira City's Ivo de Moraes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Best Tek in the 84th minute of play. Best Tek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Ivo de Moraes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.