U18 World League

Maracana
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Luizinho Amaral started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luizinho Amaral during the 3rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Luizinho Amaral kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute of the match Robert Mikulski shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Yan Salles showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 5 minutes into the match, Edward Piszczor notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of GeRaÇãO-83's Yan Salles. Yan Salles was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 9th minute, Patryk Witkowski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Yan Salles. The goal made the score 2-0. Yan Salles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zenon Galaska, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Yan Salles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maciej Wierzcholek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of 11ABRASIL booed when GeRaÇãO-83 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardinho Pereira didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Víktor Cavalcante in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ksawery Dyczkowski saved 11ABRASIL from getting behind. In the 23rd minute Luizinho Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ksawery Dyczkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 25 minutes of play GeRaÇãO-83's Luizinho Amaral was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to GeRaÇãO-83 getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Luizinho Amaral hit a great ball. Ricardinho Pereira hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, GeRaÇãO-83's Emanuel Schmidt got a free kick in the 33rd minute. A long shot from Robert Mikulski in the 34th minute of play was well struck, but Yan Salles made a really good save at the right post. 36 minutes into the match, GeRaÇãO-83's goal looked a bit too open when Patryk Witkowski came free, but Yan Salles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, Patryk Witkowski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Yan Salles, 3-0. In the 44th minute, 11ABRASIL's Maciej Wierzcholek ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Yan Salles. Yan Salles yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Edward Piszczor was the one to do the kick off. Yan Salles took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maciej Wierzcholek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the match, Maciej Wierzcholek had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Yan Salles. GeRaÇãO-83's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maciej Wierzcholek was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. Ksawery Dyczkowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Víktor Cavalcante in the 76th minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, GeRaÇãO-83's goal looked a bit too open when Edward Piszczor came free, but Yan Salles reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 82nd minute, Maciej Wierzcholek ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yan Salles was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. If Edward Piszczor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 86 played minutes 11ABRASIL got a freekick which was hit by Patryk Witkowski. GeRaÇãO-83's Yan Salles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patryk Witkowski in the 89th minute of play. 90 minutes into the game, Magno Miranda was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GeRaÇãO-83's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 11ABRASIL the free kick. Karol Panikowski hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. There was no doubt that 11ABRASIL were the better team. 11ABRASIL's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.