U23 World League

Monkey Estadio
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Jeremias Natal made the kick off and thus started the match. With a little luck, RÖK's Yan Pirani got control of the ball when Ceferino Mel tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elivélton Cruz in the 9th minute of play forced C.del.U FC's goalkeeper Eleuterio Daunte to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eleuterio Daunte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júlio Varela in the 12th minute of play. When the match clock showed 14 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Júlio Varela sped through C.del.U FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Eleuterio Daunte. RÖK's Yan Pirani proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save RÖK from getting a goal against them. Eleuterio Daunte took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Júlio Varela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21st minute, Leo Horado reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Yan Pirani. The goal made the score 1-1. When RÖK's Júlio Varela in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye C.del.U FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind C.del.U FC's goalkeeper Eleuterio Daunte, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 31st minute, Hamílton Proença ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eleuterio Daunte was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Eleuterio Daunte showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Júlio Varela in the 34th minute of the match. Eleuterio Daunte made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cesinha Marquez in the 38th minute of play. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by C.del.U FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gilson Dionísio was slow to take the kick. During this time RÖK's players had a chance to rest. In the 42nd minute, Hamílton Proença left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RÖK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Leo Horado was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 47 minutes into the match. 47 minutes into the game, one of C.del.U FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After the first half RÖK were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Júlio Varela made the kick off in the second half. Elivélton Cruz might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eleuterio Daunte. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elivélton Cruz ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 56th minute, Dé Guedes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. RÖK were awarded a corner in the 65th minute after C.del.U FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gilson Dionísio took the corner. Elivélton Cruz was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Yan Pirani made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeremias Natal in the 67th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Hamílton Proença took a quick shot and it went in 2-5 without a chance for Eleuterio Daunte to make any attempt to save it. If Hamílton Proença had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 76 minutes into the match, RÖK's goal looked a bit too open when Jeremias Natal came free, but Yan Pirani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. C.del.U FC's Eleuterio Daunte played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hamílton Proença in the 83rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, C.del.U FC's Eleuterio Navarro got a free kick in the 85th minute. 89 minutes into the match, Jeremias Natal notched a goal, 3-5, to the right of RÖK's Yan Pirani. Yan Pirani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Augusto Negri charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Augusto Negri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, RÖK's Augusto Negri got a free kick in the 93rd minute. 94 minutes into the game, Jeremias Natal was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. C.del.U FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave RÖK the free kick. After 94 played minutes C.del.U FC got a freekick which was hit by Jeremias Natal. The C.del.U FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching RÖK's performance. The match ended with a win for RÖK.