U23 World League

C.V. Spartan Stadium
Spectators: 7683 (Terracing: 5763, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rosario Church kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute, S.D. Bajen's Rosario Church ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind William Rosa. William Rosa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Natã Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luis Swain having to interfere. Luis Swain showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kaká Mota in the 11th minute of the match. Rosario Church sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rosario Church charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rosario Church the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 15th minute, Rosario Church hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute Cleiton Vidal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Swain saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 16 minutes in the game, Cleiton Vidal dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. S.D. Bajen's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Larry Jackson in the 20th minute. Luis Swain stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Grady Esposito's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Milo Stallings during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Vila Mascote FC getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. João Francisco Baiano hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Vila Mascote FC's Grady Esposito got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Luis Swain showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cleiton Vidal in the 38th minute of the match. Luis Swain showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Natã Castro in the 39th minute of the match. In the 41st minute Natã Castro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luis Swain saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 43 minutes into the match, S.D. Bajen's goal looked a bit too open when Grady Esposito came free, but Luis Swain reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

In the 50th minute, Leonard Ventura made a precise shot to the right of William Rosa. Vila Mascote FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. The supporters of S.D. Bajen booed when Vila Mascote FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Franklin Sarmento didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vila Mascote FC made a substitution. João Adolfo Moreno replaced Franklin Sarmento. Franklin Sarmento hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Kaká Mota could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Luis Swain made a huge save. Luis Swain made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grady Esposito in the 61st minute of play. Luis Swain was out of position in the 63 minute of play, and Natã Castro capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Natã Castro really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. William Rosa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonard Ventura, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. If Cleiton Vidal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. S.D. Bajen's Luis Swain proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 73rd minute of the match, managed to save S.D. Bajen from getting a goal against them. Luis Swain showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cleiton Vidal in the 74th minute of the match. Vila Mascote FC's William Rosa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rosario Church in the 77th minute of play. William Rosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milo Stallings, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Milo Stallings received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. William Rosa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luis Swain made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cleiton Vidal in the 83rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Cleiton Vidal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luis Swain was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Cleiton Vidal kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Luis Swain. That made the score 2-2 in the 91 minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 94th minute, Kaká Mota managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vila Mascote FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Kaká Mota was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luis Swain breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.