U23 World League

Estadio Saul Pietro
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gabi Gol made the kick off which started today's match. 9 minutes into the match, Cadáveres Voladores's goal looked a bit too open when Philipp Lahn came free, but Eugenio Mikelar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Eduardo Teixeira in the 10th minute of play forced Cadáveres Voladores's goalkeeper Eugenio Mikelar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arsenio Domiku sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 16 minutes into the match, Cadáveres Voladores's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Fabiano Clemente came free, but Eugenio Mikelar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 17th minute, Luís Fabiano Clemente ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eugenio Mikelar was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. The supporters of TAQUARI FC booed when Cadáveres Voladores was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marco Lertxun didn't get a good kick on the ball. TAQUARI FC's Luís Fabiano Clemente got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 22 minutes into the game, TAQUARI FC's Carlos Eduardo Teixeira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eugenio Mikelar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. The audience was convinced that Gabi Gol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eugenio Mikelar was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Cadáveres Voladores defense, Gabi Gol kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eugenio Mikelar. The Cadáveres Voladores fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eugenio Mikelar should have stopped the shot. Eugenio Mikelar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabi Gol in the 36th minute of play. In the 41st minute, Nereo Gaizko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eugenio Mikelar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís Fabiano Clemente went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alonzo Javiar to make the kick off. Eugenio Mikelar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Philipp Lahn, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. With an all-out effort, TAQUARI FC's Eugenio Mikelar threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gabi Gol, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Alfredo Koldo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Geovanni Vides tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 58th minute, Alonzo Javiar made a precise shot to the right of Geovanni Vides. TAQUARI FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-6. Cadáveres Voladores's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Gabi Gol 64 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-7. Cadáveres Voladores's Eugenio Mikelar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Cadáveres Voladores from getting a goal against them. Philipp Lahn could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Eugenio Mikelar made a huge save. Ulisses Rossi charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ulisses Rossi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 72nd minute, Ulisses Rossi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 73rd minute of the match Eugenio Mercurio shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Geovanni Vides showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. With a little luck, Cadáveres Voladores's Eugenio Mikelar got control of the ball when Philipp Lahn tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Fabiano Clemente in the 86th minute of play forced Cadáveres Voladores's goalkeeper Eugenio Mikelar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Carlos Eduardo Teixeira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Eugenio Mikelar made a huge save. Eugenio Mikelar made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Luís Fabiano Clemente sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luís Fabiano Clemente got free with Eugenio Mikelar in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. TAQUARI FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.