U21 World League

Arena Floresta
Spectators: 8149 (Terracing: 6113, Seating: 1874, VIP seats: 162) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Martin Lucero took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Genílson Paraense's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Léo de Brito was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. 8 minutes into the match, Floresta Club U18's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Lucero came free, but Léo de Brito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 13 played minutes 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】 got a freekick which was hit by Raimundo Marinho. Vicente Matos 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. 15 minutes into the match, 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's goal looked a bit too open when Leopoldo de Almeida came free, but Thomás Costa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Floresta Club U18's Delfim Cerezo got a free kick in the 16th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Genílson Paraense had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Léo de Brito. Floresta Club U18's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Genílson Paraense was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Edgard de Amorim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Léo de Brito having to interfere. Léo de Brito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgard de Amorim in the 29th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Floresta Club U18 defense, Genílson Paraense kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Léo de Brito. The Floresta Club U18 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Léo de Brito should have stopped the shot. Léo de Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Léo Nascimento, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 38th minute of the match 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】 got a corner. Floresta Club U18's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Genílson Paraense ran over to the corner to take the kick. When the match clock showed 43 minutes, the score became 0-4 when Martin Lucero sped through Floresta Club U18's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Léo de Brito. In the 48th minute 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】 were awarded a corner. Genílson Paraense went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's corner Genílson Paraense fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Léo de Brito quite easily take care of the ball. After the first half 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】 were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vicente Matos made a kick off. After 51 played minutes Floresta Club U18 got a freekick which was hit by Vicente Matos. Léo de Brito had great luck who in the 52ndth minute grab hold of the ball when Genílson Paraense from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. When the match clock showed 52 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Genílson Paraense sped through Floresta Club U18's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Léo de Brito. Patrick Costa hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. José Vítor Goiano hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eliézer Correia was slow to take the kick. During this time Floresta Club U18's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Vicente Matos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Thomás Costa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Floresta Club U18's Leopoldo de Almeida, in the 67th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Floresta Club U18. 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】 made a substitution. Martín Santillana replaced Martin Lucero. Thomás Costa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vicente Matos in the 76th minute of the match. 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's Thomás Costa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vicente Matos in the 79th minute of play. After 80 minutes of play, Floresta Club U18's Vicente Matos made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thomás Costa was left in no man's land by his defense there! 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's Juarês Madureira was substituted for Léo Nascimento. In the 85th minute, Vicente Matos 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. Léo de Brito stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Martín Santillana's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. In the 89thth minute of the game Vicente Matos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's Thomás Costa was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thomás Costa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leopoldo de Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. The 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】 players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.