U23 World League

Arena Tabajara
Spectators: 7640 (Terracing: 5731, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Anastasios Tragas took the kick off in the first half of the match. Tabajara Londrina LBFC's Zé Pedro Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liher Aballe in the 3rd minute of play. In the 4th match minute, Tabajara Londrina LBFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Válbson Fernandes to maneuver through the defense. In the 5th minute Americo Aballe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Pedro Andrade saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 8 played minutes Deportivo Empate got a freekick which was hit by Sansone Abeijon. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Empate's Danilo Abadie got a free kick in the 11th minute. Anastasios Tragas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tabajara Londrina LBFC's Zé Pedro Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Danilo Abadie in the 17th minute of play. A collision led to Tabajara Londrina LBFC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Válbson Fernandes hit a great ball. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tabajara Londrina LBFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zunbeltz Abascal was slow to take the kick. During this time Deportivo Empate's players had a chance to rest. Danilo Abadie charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Danilo Abadie the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Danilo Abadie hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Tabajara Londrina LBFC's Cristóvão Maranhense got a free kick in the 26th minute. Zé Pedro Andrade made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eleder Abadie in the 27th minute of play. Jerold Abel was a little too slow when Anastasios Tragas got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 28th minute. The score was now 1-0. Válbson Fernandes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 33 minutes into the match, Deportivo Empate's Danilo Abadie sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zé Pedro Andrade narrowly saved just below the crossbar. With a little luck, Deportivo Empate's Jerold Abel got control of the ball when Milosz Madajczyk tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Tabajara Londrina LBFC getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Válbson Fernandes hit a great ball. Tabajara Londrina LBFC's Zé Pedro Andrade played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eleder Abadie in the 40th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Americo Aballe 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. After 48 minutes of play Tabajara Londrina LBFC's Válbson Fernandes was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Válbson Fernandes hit a great freekick 49 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eleder Abadie to make the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, Tabajara Londrina LBFC's goalkeeper Zé Pedro Andrade had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eleder Abadie. After 57 played minutes Tabajara Londrina LBFC got a freekick which was hit by Cristóvão Maranhense. Zunbeltz Abascal might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Zé Pedro Andrade. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zunbeltz Abascal ran back to his position shaking his head. Silvinho Pombal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Jerold Abel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Tabajara Londrina LBFC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Valdo Novaes hit a great ball. Zé Pedro Andrade made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zunbeltz Abascal in the 69th minute. Americo Aballe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zé Pedro Andrade having to interfere. Anastasios Tragas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerold Abel having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anastasios Tragas in the 82nd minute of play forced Deportivo Empate's goalkeeper Jerold Abel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Silvinho Pombal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Empate's Raebert Abella got a free kick in the 86th minute. Zé Pedro Andrade made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eleder Abadie in the 89th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Behe Abarca in the 92nd minute of play forced Tabajara Londrina LBFC's goalkeeper Zé Pedro Andrade to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 94 minutes, Eleder Abadie made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. Tabajara Londrina LBFC's Zé Pedro Andrade tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 98 played minutes Tabajara Londrina LBFC got a freekick which was hit by Silvinho Pombal. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.