U21 World League

TELHÃO DO FOOTBALL
Spectators: 7479 (Terracing: 5611, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Amaraji's Dênis Vianna 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. If Diogo Águas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Cássio Cearense didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 9th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. When Dênis Vianna came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Amaraji 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 Dênis Vianna couldn't finish the play. In the 14th match minute, SLB TELHA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ronaldo Baião to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th minute the ball was on its way in behind Amaraji's goalkeeper Cássio Cearense, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 21st match minute, Amaraji was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haroldo Paes to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hipólito Prestes got free with Cássio Cearense in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 24 played minutes SLB TELHA got a freekick which was hit by Domingos Moreira. Cássio Cearense made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diogo Águas in the 26th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joaquim Regueira during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 28 played minutes SLB TELHA got a freekick which was hit by Joaquim Regueira. After a rather tough play, Amaraji's Dênis Luz got a free kick in the 32nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hipólito Prestes got free with Cássio Cearense in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 40 minutes, Hipólito Prestes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SLB TELHA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hipólito Prestes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 45th minute, Domingos Moreira 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. 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 1-0.

51 minutes into the game, Chiquinho Linares was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Amaraji's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SLB TELHA the free kick. After 51 played minutes Amaraji got a freekick which was hit by Chiquinho Linares. 52 minutes into the match, Amaraji's goal looked a bit too open when Diogo Águas came free, but Cássio Cearense reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 53 played minutes Amaraji got a freekick which was hit by Haroldo Paes. Cássio Cearense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diogo Águas, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. After 60 minutes of play, SLB TELHA's Hipólito Prestes made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cássio Cearense was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 63rd minute, Hipólito Prestes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cássio Cearense was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Diogo Águas scored 4-0 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cássio Cearense, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Domingos Moreira struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Cássio Cearense didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SLB TELHA. Cássio Cearense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hipólito Prestes, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. 73 minutes into the match, Hipólito Prestes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cássio Cearense. Amaraji's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hipólito Prestes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Cássio Cearense made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipólito Prestes in the 79th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diogo Águas in the 82nd minute of play forced Amaraji's goalkeeper Cássio Cearense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 85 minutes, Hipólito Prestes made it 6-0 with a short kick to the right side. Amaraji's Cássio Cearense tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Cássio Cearense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diogo Águas in the 89th minute of the match. After 94 minutes of play, SLB TELHA's Diogo Águas made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Cássio Cearense was left in no man's land by his defense there! SLB TELHA'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.