U23 World League

Jereba
Spectators: 7678 (Terracing: 5759, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vito Porto got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Cobresal's Alifonso Elorreaga got a free kick in the 9th minute. After 11 minutes, Renato Cesarini mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Cobresal and the Jereba 4EVER players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th minute, Renato Cesarini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Constantin Ionaș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Brodel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute Abelardo Brodel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Constantin Ionaș saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute Zé Paulo Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Constantin Ionaș saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dieguinho Viana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florín Sances in the 19th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Renato Cesarini in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dieguinho Viana prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jereba 4EVER's Dieguinho Viana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Renato Cesarini in the 24th minute of play. 26 minutes into the game, Cobresal's Andolín Duvauchelle nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dieguinho Viana made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. After 29 played minutes Jereba 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Ramón Paraíba. Cecilio Escandón kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. After 34 minutes of play, Cobresal's Renato Cesarini made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dieguinho Viana was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Jereba 4EVER's Zé Paulo Castro got a free kick in the 36th minute. With a little luck, Cobresal's Constantin Ionaș got control of the ball when Zé Paulo Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ramón Paraíba hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. 42 minutes into the match, Jereba 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when Andolín Duvauchelle came free, but Dieguinho Viana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dieguinho Viana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andolín Duvauchelle in the 44th minute of play. After 44 played minutes Cobresal got a freekick which was hit by Renato Cesarini. Jereba 4EVER's Abelardo Brodel got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Cobresal's Constantin Ionaș got control of the ball when Zé Paulo Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. After the first half Cobresal were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Andolín Duvauchelle was the one to do the kick off. Constantin Ionaș made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abelardo Brodel in the 52nd minute of play. Constantin Ionaș took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vito Porto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rubén Pulgar hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Zé Paulo Castro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 60th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Constantin Ionaș. Cobresal's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Vito Porto's late challenge caught a Cobresal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vito Porto helped the player get up and apologised. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salvador Roldán in the 62nd minute of play forced Jereba 4EVER's goalkeeper Dieguinho Viana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 63 played minutes Jereba 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Ramiro Breckenfeld. Dieguinho Viana made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Florín Sances sent off a good shot on target. Dário Sampaio's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Constantin Ionaș read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. Jereba 4EVER's Dieguinho Viana proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Jereba 4EVER from getting a goal against them. 82 minutes into the match, Andolín Duvauchelle dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dieguinho Viana, 0-4. In the 85th minute, Vito Porto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jereba 4EVER's Dieguinho Viana proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save Jereba 4EVER from getting a goal against them. Jereba 4EVER's Dieguinho Viana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Salvador Roldán in the 91st minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Cobresal left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Jereba 4EVER.