U23 World League

Allianz Zuera Parque
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Dudu Jacinto took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 13th minute, José Paulo Macedo made a precise shot to the right of Afonsinho Sampaio. Zuera Never End MZC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 17th match minute, Anarquia Atlético Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mathias de Barros to maneuver through the defense. After 21 played minutes Zuera Never End MZC got a freekick which was hit by Edinho Dracena. Anarquia Atlético Clube's Marcus Barreto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nelson de Salles in the 28th minute of play. In the 37th minute, Dudu Jacinto reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marcus Barreto. The goal made the score 1-2. Afonsinho Sampaio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Paulo Macedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Marcus Barreto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rômulo Bezerra in the 47th minute of play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. José Paulo Macedo was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, José Paulo Macedo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcus Barreto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dudu Jacinto in the 56th minute of play. After some careless play in the Anarquia Atlético Clube defense, Dudu Jacinto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marcus Barreto. The Anarquia Atlético Clube fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marcus Barreto should have stopped the shot. Anarquia Atlético Clube's Marcus Barreto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rômulo Bezerra in the 61st minute of play. A collision led to Anarquia Atlético Clube getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Cléberson Saldanha hit a great ball. Edinho Dracena took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 62nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marcus Barreto. Anarquia Atlético Clube's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dudu Jacinto in the 65th minute of play forced Anarquia Atlético Clube's goalkeeper Marcus Barreto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samuca Gomes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Afonsinho Sampaio made a huge save. In the 67th match minute, Zuera Never End MZC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leandro Pitta to maneuver through the defense. 73 minutes into the match, Dudu Jacinto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcus Barreto. Anarquia Atlético Clube's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dudu Jacinto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. Marcus Barreto came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Zuera Never End MZC's Rômulo Bezerra. But to his dismay, Rômulo Bezerra quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. In the 82ndth minute of the game Rômulo Bezerra who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Anarquia Atlético Clube's Marcus Barreto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 86 minutes, Leandro Pitta made it 7-2 with a short kick to the right side. Anarquia Atlético Clube's Marcus Barreto tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Anarquia Atlético Clube booed when Zuera Never End MZC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Geovanni Travassos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Afonsinho Sampaio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Paulo Macedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Zuera Never End MZC fully deserved thier win.