U18 League

Arena Lucas Martins
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rafa Veloso made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Lauro Trigo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rafa Veloso came free with the goalkeeper in the 6th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Geovânio Santana could save by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafa Veloso in the 7th minute of play forced Mundial EC's goalkeeper Geovânio Santana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geovânio Santana made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rafa Veloso in the 16th minute. In the 17thth minute of the game Rafa Veloso who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mundial EC's Geovânio Santana was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rafa Veloso in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Geovânio Santana saved Mundial EC from getting behind. If Rafa Veloso had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 22 minutes into the match, Mundial EC's goal looked a bit too open when Rafa Veloso came free, but Geovânio Santana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Gustavo Monteiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Oscar Saraiva was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 26th minute of the match Mundial EC got a corner. Los Hermanos CIMZ's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lauro Trigo ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 27th minute Pedro Paulo Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovânio Santana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Geovânio Santana didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Los Hermanos CIMZ's Valério Rosado shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Los Hermanos CIMZ's Valério Rosado got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mundial EC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 36th minute, when Rafa Veloso scored to the left of an out of position Geovânio Santana, making the score, 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luiz Guilherme Nascimento in the 40th minute of play forced Mundial EC's goalkeeper Geovânio Santana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute, Gustavo Monteiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mundial EC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gustavo Monteiro to make the kick off. If Valério Rosado 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 was convinced that Valério Rosado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Geovânio Santana was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Valério Rosado put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Geovânio Santana. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Valério Rosado in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Geovânio Santana saved Mundial EC from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 58 minutes, Gustavo Monteiro took a quick shot and it went in 3-2 without a chance for Oscar Saraiva to make any attempt to save it. Oscar Saraiva made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Fellipe Moreira sent off a good shot on target. Mundial EC's Geovânio Santana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valério Rosado in the 69th minute of play. Zé Augusto Antunes kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Geovânio Santana made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Guilherme Nascimento in the 77th minute of play. After 81 minutes of play, Los Hermanos CIMZ's Valério Rosado made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geovânio Santana was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Mundial EC's Gustavo Monteiro got a free kick in the 84th minute. A collision led to Mundial EC getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Vicente Falcão hit a great ball. In the 90th minute of the match Lucas Militão shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Geovânio Santana showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Los Hermanos CIMZ fans cheered their team off the field, for while Mundial EC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.