U23 World League

Alberto J. Armando
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Daniel Salgado took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes into the match, Urbano Sagrario had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sidnei Mendonça. Lencois's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Urbano Sagrario was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Sidnei Mendonça made an important save on a dangerous shot by Urbano Sagrario in the 7th minute. Patricio Abajas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sidnei Mendonça read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, Lencois's goalkeeper Sidnei Mendonça had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Urbano Sagrario. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonardo Paio in the 19th minute of play forced Lencois's goalkeeper Sidnei Mendonça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute, Leonardo Paio reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sidnei Mendonça. The goal made the score 4-0. Sidnei Mendonça was a little too slow when Urbano Sagrario got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 27th minute. The score was now 5-0. The crowd rose to their feet as Urbano Sagrario kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Sidnei Mendonça. That made the score 6-0 in the 30 minute of play. 34 minutes into the game, Franja Dorada's Urbano Sagrario nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sidnei Mendonça made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. In the 42nd minute, Urbano Sagrario reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Sidnei Mendonça. The goal made the score 8-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 8-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Urbano Sagrario made a kick off. Sidnei Mendonça showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Urbano Sagrario in the 52nd minute of the match. 55 minutes into the game, Franja Dorada's Urbano Sagrario nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sidnei Mendonça made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 9-0. Leonardo Paio fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sidnei Mendonça having to interfere. Sidnei Mendonça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Urbano Sagrario, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Lencois defense, Urbano Sagrario kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sidnei Mendonça. The Lencois fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sidnei Mendonça should have stopped the shot. 72 minutes into the match, Lencois's goal looked a bit too open when Patricio Abajas came free, but Sidnei Mendonça reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Lencois defense, Leonardo Paio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sidnei Mendonça. The Lencois fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sidnei Mendonça should have stopped the shot. Urbano Sagrario sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Patricio Abajas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sidnei Mendonça was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. 81 minutes into the match, Urbano Sagrario notched a goal, 12-0, to the right of Lencois's Sidnei Mendonça. Sidnei Mendonça was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Venancio Hodei made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eugênio Barbosa in the 88th minute. Venancio Hodei was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Roberto Severo. In the 91st minute, Alfonso Palban ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sidnei Mendonça was frozen by the shot and now it was 13-0.