U23 World League

Estádio Aracatiara
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eustratios Psomiadis kicked off to start the match. Nikos Kyriakou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horácio Pontes in the 5th minute of the match. Nikos Kyriakou made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ricardinho Vander in the 7th minute. After some careless play in the Aracatiara EC defense, Lambros Spetsarias kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Toninho Tepedino. The Aracatiara EC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Toninho Tepedino should have stopped the shot. In the 16th minute, Ricardinho Vander hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 0-2 became the score in the 18th minute when Eustratios Psomiadis elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After a rather tough play, BE COOL's Nikos Travezeas got a free kick in the 20th minute. In the 22nd minute, Alfredão Esteves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 24thth minute of the game Eustratios Psomiadis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Aracatiara EC's Toninho Tepedino was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 33rd minute Eustratios Psomiadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toninho Tepedino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ricardinho Vander got free with Nikos Kyriakou in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nikos Kyriakou made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Ricardinho Vander sent off a good shot on target. Toninho Tepedino stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eustratios Psomiadis's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute Eustratios Psomiadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toninho Tepedino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Toninho Tepedino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustratios Psomiadis in the 40th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Horácio Pontes in the 42nd minute of play forced BE COOL's goalkeeper Nikos Kyriakou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 43 minutes into the game, César Vergílio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Aracatiara EC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BE COOL the free kick. After 43 played minutes Aracatiara EC got a freekick which was hit by César Vergílio. The audience was convinced that Eustratios Psomiadis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Toninho Tepedino was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. Aracatiara EC's Toninho Tepedino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eustratios Psomiadis in the 46th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ricardinho Vander was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Aracatiara EC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Alfredão Esteves hit a great ball. In the 62nd minute, Eustratios Psomiadis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Toninho Tepedino was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. In the 67th minute, Aracatiara EC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Eustratios Psomiadis fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When Lambros Spetsarias came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the BE COOL fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lambros Spetsarias couldn't finish the play. Lambros Spetsarias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nikos Kyriakou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Horácio Pontes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79thth minute of the game Horácio Pontes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BE COOL's Nikos Kyriakou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 79th minute, César Vergílio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 81st minute Ricardinho Vander shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Kyriakou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Pipis Petsanas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aracatiara EC's Toninho Tepedino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lambros Spetsarias in the 85th minute of play. Eustratios Psomiadis scored 0-5 in the 87th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Toninho Tepedino, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Eustratios Psomiadis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Toninho Tepedino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 92 minutes into the match, Aracatiara EC's goal looked a bit too open when Marios Kassianidis came free, but Toninho Tepedino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Aracatiara EC getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Dênis Donato hit a great ball. If Eustratios Psomiadis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Lambros Spetsarias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. BE COOL's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.