U18 World League

PARQUE SÃO JORGE
Spectators: 7623 (Terracing: 5718, Seating: 1753, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Albino Lazcano started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Manfredi AFC's zone, Celso Madureira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Teodosio Fidele came out of the goal and Celso Madureira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cesinha Ramalho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Teodosio Fidele made a huge save. 14 minutes into the game, Celso Madureira recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Teodosio Fidele. Celso Madureira showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. If Celso Madureira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. SÃO JORGE FC™®'s Tostão Rosa pulled a muscle in his back after 22 minutes and couldn't finish the game. A collision led to Manfredi AFC getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Melchor Dalmau hit a great ball. In the 24th minute, SÃO JORGE FC™®'s Celso Madureira dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. In the 28th minute, SÃO JORGE FC™®'s Celso Madureira dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. After some careless play in the Manfredi AFC defense, Celso Madureira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Teodosio Fidele. The Manfredi AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Teodosio Fidele should have stopped the shot. With a little luck, Manfredi AFC's Teodosio Fidele got control of the ball when Dedê de Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 41st match minute, Manfredi AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ciro Efren to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Celso Madureira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Teodosio Fidele was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Jacinto Benitez hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Celso Madureira to make the kick off. A collision led to Manfredi AFC getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Ciro Efren hit a great ball. Manfredi AFC's Teodosio Fidele played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Celso Madureira in the 58th minute of play. Teodosio Fidele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celso Madureira in the 59th minute of play. Celso Madureira scored 6-0 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Teodosio Fidele, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Celso Madureira in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Teodosio Fidele saved Manfredi AFC from getting behind. Teodosio Fidele showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dedê de Castro in the 72nd minute of the match. Teodosio Fidele made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Celso Madureira in the 73rd minute of play. After 75 minutes, Celso Madureira made it 7-0 with a short kick to the right side. Manfredi AFC's Teodosio Fidele tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Manfredi AFC's Teodosio Fidele played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dedê de Castro in the 85th minute of play. A collision led to SÃO JORGE FC™® getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Eriberto de Brito hit a great ball. In the 92nd minute, Manfredi AFC's Albino Lazcano dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 7-1. Teodosio Fidele came out of the goal in the 97th minute to try and stop a shot by SÃO JORGE FC™®'s Celso Madureira. But to his dismay, Celso Madureira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 8-1. 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. SÃO JORGE FC™® fully deserved thier win.