U23 World League

Atanasio Girardot
Spectators: 7658 (Terracing: 5745, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Yuri Paranaense took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Txilar Ovejas hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Espigão Steamrollers's Yuri Paranaense tried to score from far away in the 7th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. If John Villalon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 14 played minutes Espigão Steamrollers got a freekick which was hit by Zézinho Matos. Dênis Paulista made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Wesley Sneijder sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Espigão Steamrollers's zone, John Villalon stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dênis Paulista came out of the goal and John Villalon tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dênis Paulista was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Sebastiano Cañon showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 21 minute of play. Santio Ilarraz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Durvalino Carneiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 33 minutes into the match, Sebastiano Cañon notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Espigão Steamrollers's Dênis Paulista. Dênis Paulista was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 40th minute, Cauã Pombal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Costante Corneja took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 41st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dênis Paulista. Espigão Steamrollers's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 42 minutes, Gil Vieira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Espigão Steamrollers and the Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 42nd minute, Gil Vieira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Sebastiano Cañon kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dênis Paulista. That made the score 3-0 in the 44 minute of play.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell John Villalon to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's Natanael Vasaburu seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Natanael Vasaburu the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Natanael Vasaburu had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Natanael Vasaburu hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Santio Ilarraz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yuri Paranaense in the 56th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers John Villalon in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dênis Paulista saved Espigão Steamrollers from getting behind. In the 60th minute, Zlatan Lewandowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dênis Paulista was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Zézinho Matos's late challenge caught a Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zézinho Matos helped the player get up and apologised. Zézinho Matos hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ's Costante Corneja couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Espigão Steamrollers. Santio Ilarraz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Durvalino Carneiro in the 68th minute of play. In the 70th match minute, Espigão Steamrollers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zézinho Matos to maneuver through the defense. Dênis Paulista didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from John Villalon went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Santio Ilarraz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ángel Romero in the 76th minute of the match. Santio Ilarraz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Durvalino Carneiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 81st minute, Etxekopar Lumbreras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Santio Ilarraz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Durvalino Carneiro in the 82nd minute of play. In the 86thth minute of the game Erruki Guillen who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Espigão Steamrollers's Dênis Paulista was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If John Villalon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gil Vieira hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, John Villalon put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Dênis Paulista. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Aʀɴᴏʀ Fᴄ had played much better football throughout.