U21 World League

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Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Domingo Mateus took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 3 minutes, Tiago Dionísio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Blumenau Esporte Clube and the Mεrtiαn Digitαl Ψ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tiago Dionísio kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 15th match minute, Mεrtiαn Digitαl Ψ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jorge Paz to maneuver through the defense. In the 16th minute of the match Ramiro Godoi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hilario Laurgain showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of Blumenau Esporte Clube booed when Mεrtiαn Digitαl Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miguel Iliana didn't get a good kick on the ball. 25 minutes into the match, Blumenau Esporte Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Cugat came free, but Raphael Furlan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Raphael Furlan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isidro Michael went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After 36 minutes, Domingo Mateus made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. Blumenau Esporte Clube's Raphael Furlan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Jorge Paz kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Délio Gerber made a kick off. Miguel Iliana kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Mεrtiαn Digitαl Ψ's Jorge Paz got a free kick in the 60th minute. In the 61st minute, Ramiro Godoi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 62nd match minute, Mεrtiαn Digitαl Ψ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Exequiel Mahrez to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd minute of the match, Délio Gerber got a very nice opportunity to score, but Hilario Laurgain was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 67th match minute, Blumenau Esporte Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexsandro Alves to maneuver through the defense. Raphael Furlan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Domingo Mateus in the 75th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Cugat in the 79th minute of play forced Blumenau Esporte Clube's goalkeeper Raphael Furlan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute Marco Cugat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raphael Furlan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Raphael Furlan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidro Michael in the 83rd minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, Blumenau Esporte Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Domingo Mateus came free, but Raphael Furlan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Mεrtiαn Digitαl Ψ's zone, Ian Mineiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hilario Laurgain came out of the goal and Ian Mineiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 93rd minute, Albeiro Usuriaga left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mεrtiαn Digitαl Ψ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0.