U21 World League

Cross Experience HND
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eurico Arósio started the match with the kick off. Dalmo Mello kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. João Pedro Goiano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Cícero Baiano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dé Pinheiro hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. In the 11th minute, Onze Bravos FC - FDFDF's Jonathan Santana ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Glauco Soeiro. Glauco Soeiro yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. A collision led to Elite™- FC Galácticos getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Charles Vidal hit a great ball. Dé Pinheiro took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Glauco Soeiro. Glauco Soeiro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Amílton Reis hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Glauco Soeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduardo Reis in the 39th minute of the match. Amílton Reis's late challenge caught a Onze Bravos FC - FDFDF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amílton Reis helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Elite™- FC Galácticos's Amílton Reis got a free kick in the 47th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eduardo Reis to make the kick off. Glauco Soeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduardo Reis in the 52nd minute of play. In the 53rd minute, Nicolas Mendes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 56 played minutes Elite™- FC Galácticos got a freekick which was hit by Amílton Reis. A collision led to Elite™- FC Galácticos getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Charles Vidal hit a great ball. Jonathan Santana received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Glauco Soeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 60th minute, Dé Pinheiro made a precise shot to the right of Glauco Soeiro. Elite™- FC Galácticos's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Dé Pinheiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cícero Baiano was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Amílton Reis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-1 in the 73 minute of play. When João Francisco Xavier fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Onze Bravos FC - FDFDF's protests and gave João Francisco Xavier a yellow card for diving instead. 75 minutes into the game, one of Onze Bravos FC - FDFDF:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Nicolas Mendes shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 79th match minute, Onze Bravos FC - FDFDF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonathan Santana to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Nicolas Mendes took a quick shot and it went in 3-2 without a chance for Cícero Baiano to make any attempt to save it. Amílton Reis hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.