U23 World League

Jereba
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Vito Porto made the kick off and thus started the match. Dieguinho Viana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diómedes Rodriguez, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by José Ramos in the 9th minute. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s José Ramos was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dieguinho Viana in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abelardo Brodel got free with Sergio Gutierrez in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 16 minutes, Guillermo Escalona made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Jereba 4EVER's Dieguinho Viana tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Zé Paulo Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Sergio Gutierrez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Guillermo Escalona managed to get in a good position for a shot. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s supporters rose to their feet, but Guillermo Escalona was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dieguinho Viana breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 25 minutes into the match, Jereba 4EVER's goal looked a bit too open when José Ramos came free, but Dieguinho Viana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dieguinho Viana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diómedes Rodriguez, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Dieguinho Viana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 37 minutes into the match, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s goalkeeper Sergio Gutierrez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zé Paulo Castro. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Ramos in the 38th minute of play forced Jereba 4EVER's goalkeeper Dieguinho Viana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ramón Paraíba hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. In the 41st minute of the match, Vito Porto got a very nice opportunity to score, but Sergio Gutierrez was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by José Ramos in the 43rd minute of play forced Jereba 4EVER's goalkeeper Dieguinho Viana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Jereba 4EVER's Ramón Paraíba got a free kick in the 45th minute. 47 minutes into the game, Guillermo Escalona cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Dieguinho Viana was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Dieguinho Viana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guillermo Escalona in the 52nd minute of play. Sergio Gutierrez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vito Porto in the 54th minute of play. In the 58th minute, Diómedes Rodriguez reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dieguinho Viana. The goal made the score 0-3. If Guillermo Escalona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 67 played minutes Jereba 4EVER got a freekick which was hit by Ramiro Breckenfeld. Dieguinho Viana acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 68th minute, took the ball on the long shot from José Ramos. Dieguinho Viana made an important save on a dangerous shot by Guillermo Escalona in the 69th minute. When Romeu da Cunha fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Jereba 4EVER's protests and gave Romeu da Cunha a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Jereba 4EVER's Romeu da Cunha got a free kick in the 74th minute. Jereba 4EVER's Dieguinho Viana proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Jereba 4EVER from getting a goal against them. In the 78th minute Zé Paulo Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sergio Gutierrez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sergio Gutierrez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Paulo Castro in the 83rd minute of the match. When Guillermo Escalona fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ►Las Mercedes F.C◄'s protests and gave Guillermo Escalona a yellow card for diving instead. In the 86th match minute, ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillermo Escalona to maneuver through the defense. Zé Paulo Castro might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sergio Gutierrez. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zé Paulo Castro ran back to his position shaking his head. Sergio Gutierrez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vito Porto in the 89th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, José Ramos took a quick shot and it went in 0-4 without a chance for Dieguinho Viana to make any attempt to save it. The Jereba 4EVER fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. ►Las Mercedes F.C◄ were clearly better and deserved to take the win.