U23 World League

Vulcão do Fênix
Spectators: 7564 (Terracing: 5674, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Donalton Meneses got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute Donalton Meneses shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Angelino Nueva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Angelino Nueva managed to avoid a goal in the 4thth minute, when 『盛世メ名門』Donalton F.C.™'s Donalton Meneses fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Clemente Vander charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Clemente Vander the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, 『盛世メ名門』Donalton F.C.™'s Clemente Vander got a free kick in the 6th minute. 8 minutes into the match, Reko-Recko 03™'s goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Augusto Leme came free, but Angelino Nueva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chiquinho Dracena hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. After 19 minutes, Pedro Augusto Leme mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 『盛世メ名門』Donalton F.C.™ and the Reko-Recko 03™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jarbas Pombal charged in rather forcefully in the 24th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jarbas Pombal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of 『盛世メ名門』Donalton F.C.™ booed when Reko-Recko 03™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jarbas Pombal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Donalton Meneses could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 34th minute of the match, but Angelino Nueva made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Donalton Meneses's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Angelino Nueva was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Tostão Lago fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Angelino Nueva having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorginho Dionísio in the 40th minute of play forced Reko-Recko 03™'s goalkeeper Angelino Nueva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jarbas Pombal to make the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Tiago Azevedo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 『盛世メ名門』Donalton F.C.™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Tiago Azevedo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Giuseppe de Souza kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. After 56 played minutes Reko-Recko 03™ got a freekick which was hit by Jarbas Pombal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jarbas Pombal in the 61st minute of play forced 『盛世メ名門』Donalton F.C.™'s goalkeeper Thiago Dantas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Donalton Meneses scored 1-0 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Angelino Nueva, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Angelino Nueva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tostão Lago in the 81st minute of the match. Angelino Nueva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donalton Meneses in the 82nd minute of the match. 『盛世メ名門』Donalton F.C.™'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.