U21 World League

Estádio São Januário
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5625, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 150) Granate's Lucio Serapio 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. Granate's Agustin Abastas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Granate from getting a goal against them. Agustin Abastas came out of the goal in the 9th minute to try and stop a shot by BOI BRABO FC's Iván Leguizamón. But to his dismay, Iván Leguizamón quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Iván Leguizamón in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Agustin Abastas saved Granate from getting behind. Granate were furious when Gaudencio Estebe was red carded, 17 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 17 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Granate! Agustin Abastas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Iván Leguizamón went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Granate's defense didn't have a chance, in the 32nd minute, when Iván Leguizamón scored to the left of an out of position Agustin Abastas, making the score, 4-0. 35 minutes into the match, Granate's goalkeeper Agustin Abastas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Felipe Sá. In the 36th minute Iván Leguizamón shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Agustin Abastas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Iván Leguizamón in the 38th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Agustin Abastas saved Granate from getting behind. 40 minutes into the match, Granate's goalkeeper Agustin Abastas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anastas Mojsovski. Agustin Abastas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iván Leguizamón in the 42nd minute of play. Agustin Abastas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Iván Leguizamón's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Felipe Sá made the kick off in the second half. Felipe Sá charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Felipe Sá the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Iván Leguizamón fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Agustin Abastas having to interfere. 70 minutes into the game, BOI BRABO FC's Iván Leguizamón nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Agustin Abastas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. When Felipe Sá was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 83 minutes had been played. In the 88th minute, Stephan Appiah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ildefonso Columbo charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ildefonso Columbo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The BOI BRABO FC players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.