U21 World League

Martin Palermo
Spectators: 7651 (Terracing: 5740, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) Jardim América FC's Tomás Mazza 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. Chicão de Moraes charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chicão de Moraes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 10th minute, Chicão de Moraes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cecilio Ubarna got free with Luan Ramos in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cristo Haritz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Mazza in the 13th minute of the match. Jardim América FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by João Ceresso in the 15th minute. The corner led Jardim América FC's Nuno Neves to fire away a dangerous shot which Cristo Haritz despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Cristo Haritz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enio Mangueira in the 16th minute of play. Eliseo Guter scored 1-0 in the 20th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Luan Ramos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tomás Mazza hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Luan Ramos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eliseo Guter went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After 37 played minutes Jardim América FC got a freekick which was hit by Tomás Mazza. In the 45th minute, Santa Maradona's Eliseo Guter ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Luan Ramos. Luan Ramos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cecilio Ubarna made a kick off. An unexpected shot in the 54th minute by Tomás Mazza got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Luan Ramos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eliseo Guter, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 63 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Jardim América FC! Erasmo Berasko placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! 78 minutes into the game, Tomás Mazza was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Jardim América FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Santa Maradona the free kick. Erasmo Berasko succeeded in the game's 79th minute to get real power on a long shot . Jardim América FC's Luan Ramos hadn't the time to block the shot which was pasted into the goal, 6-0! 82 minutes into the match, Cristo Guillerme notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Jardim América FC's Luan Ramos. Luan Ramos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jardim América FC's Luan Ramos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliseo Guter in the 88th minute of play. Luan Ramos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristo Guillerme, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. In the 94th minute Eliseo Guter shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luan Ramos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 98 played minutes Jardim América FC got a freekick which was hit by Nico Rossi. Santa Maradona's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.