U23 World League

PV Presidente Vargas
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Diogo Falcão got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the game, Diego Barros was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sheep United the free kick. After a rather tough play, Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's Diego Barros got a free kick in the 5th minute. Han Koekkoek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Roger de Souza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bennie Geerts didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diogo Falcão went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. 18 minutes into the game, Diogo Falcão lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Bennie Geerts. Martijn van Alst received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Roger de Souza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's Richard Alcântara got a free kick in the 23rd minute. After 28 played minutes Diogo Falcão rounded Sheep United's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-0. Diogo Falcão received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Bennie Geerts came out and tried to block the shot, but Diogo Falcão slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 32nd minute. In the 40th minute Pedro Luís Porto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bennie Geerts saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Diogo Falcão had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bennie Geerts. Sheep United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Diogo Falcão was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 6-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Sheep United's Bennie Geerts played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Luís Porto in the 55th minute of play. Richard Alcântara's late challenge caught a Sheep United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Richard Alcântara helped the player get up and apologised. After 59 played minutes Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ got a freekick which was hit by Richard Alcântara. In the 68th minute, Richard Alcântara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bennie Geerts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roger Melo in the 74th minute of the match. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 8-0 when Diogo Falcão sped through Sheep United's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bennie Geerts. In the 85th match minute, Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Richard Alcântara to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ's Richard Alcântara got a free kick in the 86th minute. In the 87th minute of the match Han Koekkoek shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Roger de Souza showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 93 minutes into the match, Diego Barros notched a goal, 9-0, to the right of Sheep United's Bennie Geerts. Bennie Geerts was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Treze Futebol Clube CIMZ fully deserved thier win.