U23 World League

Estádio O Legendário
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eliseu Braga got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Marquês de Herval's Manfredo Domingues dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Elano Toledo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eliseu Braga in the 6th minute. A collision led to Marquês de Herval getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Zé Pedro de Amaral hit a great ball. Didi Salgado hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 13th minute, Luís Fabiano Clemente hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, PIRATAS TFP's Elano Toledo got control of the ball when Eliseu Braga tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 24 minutes of play, Marquês de Herval's Eliseu Braga made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Elano Toledo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Elano Toledo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Fabiano Clemente in the 28th minute of play. A collision led to Marquês de Herval getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Mathias Mesquita hit a great ball. Alexandre da Cunha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evandro Lara having to interfere. In the 37th match minute, Marquês de Herval was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manfredo Domingues to maneuver through the defense. When Arnaldo Lima fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Marquês de Herval's protests and gave Arnaldo Lima a yellow card for diving instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cafu Silveira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Zé Pedro de Amaral got a throw-in 51 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Arnaldo Lima. Evandro Lara made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Cafu Silveira sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfredo Domingues in the 61st minute of play forced PIRATAS TFP's goalkeeper Elano Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PIRATAS TFP's attentive Ademir Moreno managed to snatch the ball when Zé Pedro de Amaral made a throw-in in the 64th minute of the game. Cafu Silveira's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Evandro Lara firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 74 played minutes Marquês de Herval got a freekick which was hit by Mathias Mesquita. Marquês de Herval's Evandro Lara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Marquês de Herval from getting a goal against them. Régis Urbano kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. Marquês de Herval's Evandro Lara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Marquês de Herval from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Marquês de Herval booed when PIRATAS TFP was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Didi Salgado didn't get a good kick on the ball.