U21 World League

Vila Pinheiro
Spectators: 7423 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 60) Icoara Football Club's Thiago Zonta started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Ernesto Baiano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 4th minute, Gugu Alves made a precise shot to the right of Caetano Monteiro. Icoara Football Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Caetano Monteiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maicon Abreu in the 7th minute of play. Caetano Monteiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pedro Passos, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. The audience was convinced that Gugu Alves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Caetano Monteiro was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 10th minute Nildo Saldanha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Caetano Monteiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gugu Alves in the 12th minute of play forced Icoara Football Club's goalkeeper Caetano Monteiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 14 minutes into the match, Maicon Abreu notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Icoara Football Club's Caetano Monteiro. Caetano Monteiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pedro Passos took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Caetano Monteiro. Caetano Monteiro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. When the match clock showed 21 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Pedro Passos sped through Icoara Football Club's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Caetano Monteiro. Caetano Monteiro didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pedro Passos went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Caetano Monteiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Passos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 33 minutes into the match, Maicon Abreu had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Caetano Monteiro. Icoara Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maicon Abreu was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. 36 minutes into the game, ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ's Pedro Passos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Caetano Monteiro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. Nildo Saldanha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Caetano Monteiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th minute Gugu Alves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Caetano Monteiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Pedro Passos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Caetano Monteiro was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nildo Saldanha in the 45th minute of play forced Icoara Football Club's goalkeeper Caetano Monteiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the match, Icoara Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Maicon Abreu came free, but Caetano Monteiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nildo Saldanha stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Caetano Monteiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pedro Passos in the 53rd minute. In the 55th minute, Paulão Silva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Carlos Lucas kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Pedro Passos succeeded in the game's 68th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-11. After having played for 83 minutes, Nildo Saldanha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nildo Saldanha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 88 minutes, Lauro Tepedino mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ and the Icoara Football Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 88th match minute, ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lauro Tepedino to maneuver through the defense. Ernesto Baiano charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ernesto Baiano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. ValenBehr F.C. - FSCMZ played a much better game than Icoara Football Club and deserved their victory. The Icoara Football Club players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.