U21 World League

Arena Bahia City
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Romeu Pirani got the match started through his kick off. Luiz Fabiano Dracena charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Fabiano Dracena the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to OxentePaisa Salcity getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Luiz Fabiano Dracena hit a great ball. Germano da Silveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Blowman in the 5th minute of play. Zack Sykes kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. 14 minutes in the game, Romeu Pirani fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Steven Duxbury having to interfere. 15 minutes into the game, Romeu Pirani lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Steven Duxbury. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Percival Tavares during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of ⭐Senegal Stars⭐ booed when OxentePaisa Salcity was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Percival Tavares didn't get a good kick on the ball. Steven Duxbury took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Romeu Pirani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Steven Duxbury showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Romeu Pirani, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After 28 played minutes ⭐Senegal Stars⭐ got a freekick which was hit by Martin Blowman. Steven Duxbury didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís Fabiano Lago went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Dito Recife took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Steven Duxbury to make any attempt to save it. 43 minutes into the game, Romeu Pirani cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Steven Duxbury was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Cody Singleton fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ⭐Senegal Stars⭐'s protests and gave Cody Singleton a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to ⭐Senegal Stars⭐ getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Cody Singleton hit a great ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Charles Fleming to make the kick off. If Cody Singleton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zack Sykes got free with Germano da Silveira in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Martin Blowman hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. In the 56th minute, Percival Tavares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Germano da Silveira was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 57th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Charles Fleming. A collision led to ⭐Senegal Stars⭐ getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Lenny Sargent hit a great ball. 67 minutes into the match, ⭐Senegal Stars⭐'s goal looked a bit too open when Romeu Pirani came free, but Steven Duxbury reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Steven Duxbury made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dênis Albuquerque in the 69th minute of play. Steven Duxbury showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Fabiano Lago, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Charles Fleming got free with Germano da Silveira in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. ⭐Senegal Stars⭐ were furious when Lenny Sargent was red carded, 78 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. In a very dangerous position, a player in ⭐Senegal Stars⭐ fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 77th minute. Penalty! After 80 minutes of play, OxentePaisa Salcity's Severino Rosado made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Steven Duxbury was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 83rd minute, Zack Sykes 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. Cody Singleton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Germano da Silveira having to interfere. In the 90th play minute Fred Mumford came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Germano da Silveira. 5-1. With his leg Germano da Silveira managed to avoid a goal in the 96thth minute, when ⭐Senegal Stars⭐'s Cody Singleton fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. OxentePaisa Salcity were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ⭐Senegal Stars⭐ for a fine match.