U23 World League

Arena Saruê
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Andres Guijarro took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andres Guijarro in the 15th minute of play forced AF CERRADO's goalkeeper Arlindo Guedes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zé Roberto Matos kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. Arlindo Guedes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roi Fernandez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 21 minutes of play, Riemannian's Andres Guijarro made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arlindo Guedes was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, AF CERRADO's Serafim Silveira got a free kick in the 24th minute. The audience was convinced that Malvin Saura's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arlindo Guedes was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 31st minute Andres Guijarro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arlindo Guedes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Malvin Saura in the 35th minute of play forced AF CERRADO's goalkeeper Arlindo Guedes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Severino Fernandez took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thiago Damião, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th minute AF CERRADO were awarded a corner. Clemente Cunha went to the cornerflag to take it. Igor Munoz tried in the 45th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Severino Fernandez a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 1-1. 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.

The wind increased when Thiago Damião made the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Thiago Damião left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AF CERRADO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 60th minute Zé Roberto Matos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Severino Fernandez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute, Bermudo Vidal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Clemente Cunha kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. In the 69th match minute, Riemannian was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bermudo Vidal to maneuver through the defense. In the 73rd minute, Tomás Schmidt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AF CERRADO's Arlindo Guedes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save AF CERRADO from getting a goal against them. Zé Roberto Matos's late challenge caught a Riemannian's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zé Roberto Matos helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, AF CERRADO's Zé Roberto Matos got a free kick in the 77th minute. Arlindo Guedes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roi Fernandez in the 77th minute. Tomás Schmidt kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Renato Diaz hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Thiago Damião recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. AF CERRADO were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Riemannian for a fine match.