U23 World League

ARENA PEDREGULHO
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Orlando Loreto got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the game, Ronaldão Torres recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Lisandro Milian. Ronaldão Torres showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. After 6 minutes, Orlando Loreto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stat Veritas FC and the P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Stat Veritas FC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Orlando Loreto hit a great ball. Stat Veritas FC's Lisandro Milian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Stat Veritas FC from getting a goal against them. Alfonso Ferrer's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Juninho de Azevedo read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. Stat Veritas FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Orlando Loreto in the 28th minute. A nice corner shot did that Orlando Loreto got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Juninho de Azevedo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Lisandro Milian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Imperatore in the 29th minute of play. After 31 played minutes Rei Pelle rounded Stat Veritas FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 5-0. With his leg Lisandro Milian managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's Rei Pelle fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Rei Pelle managed to get in a good position for a shot. P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Rei Pelle was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lisandro Milian breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lisandro Milian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Imperatore in the 38th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ronaldão Torres got free with Lisandro Milian in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 43 played minutes Stat Veritas FC got a freekick which was hit by Tomas Bernad. When Orlando Loreto came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Stat Veritas FC 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 Orlando Loreto couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Stat Veritas FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Tomas Bernad hit a great ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Adriano Imperatore made a kick off. Lisandro Milian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gonçalo Mendes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Rei Pelle came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C 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 Rei Pelle couldn't finish the play. After having played for 56 minutes, Roberto-Carlos da Silva managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roberto-Carlos da Silva was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Adriano Imperatore fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lisandro Milian having to interfere. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind Stat Veritas FC's goalkeeper Lisandro Milian, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Gonçalo Mendes managed to get in a good position for a shot. P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Gonçalo Mendes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lisandro Milian breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 69 minutes into the game, P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's Adriano Imperatore nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lisandro Milian made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Ubaldo Franco's late challenge caught a P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ubaldo Franco helped the player get up and apologised. Ubaldo Franco hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. 73 minutes into the match, Stat Veritas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Roberto-Carlos da Silva came free, but Lisandro Milian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 79 minutes into the game, P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C's Adriano Imperatore nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Lisandro Milian made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rei Pelle in the 94th minute of play forced Stat Veritas FC's goalkeeper Lisandro Milian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. P3DR4 N0 S4P4T0 F.C were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Stat Veritas FC for a fine match.