U18 World League

Rushden Lakes
Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Renatinho Maranhense started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Clemente Matorin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Juventudes Libertárias's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave TibaDons the free kick. In the 4th match minute, Juventudes Libertárias was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clemente Matorin to maneuver through the defense. In the 4th minute, Luke Cooke sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Juventudes Libertárias's Diamantino Nunes didn't even have to move. After a rather tough play, Juventudes Libertárias's Davi Amorim got a free kick in the 5th minute. 11 minutes into the game, Juventudes Libertárias's Edmundo Silveira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ollie Clark made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 14th minute, Diamantino Reis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Davi Amorim managed to get in a good position for a shot. Juventudes Libertárias's supporters rose to their feet, but Davi Amorim was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ollie Clark breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Grant Cornish fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diamantino Nunes having to interfere. Austen Bull could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Diamantino Nunes made a huge save. Ollie Clark showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renatinho Maranhense in the 28th minute of the match. After 33 played minutes TibaDons got a freekick which was hit by Luke Cooke. 34 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goal looked a bit too open when Renatinho Maranhense came free, but Ollie Clark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute, Adilson Salles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Juventudes Libertárias fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Adilson Salles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Diamantino Reis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Ollie Clark tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Diamantino Reis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Ollie Clark tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 54 minutes, Renatinho Maranhense put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Ollie Clark. Diamantino Nunes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grant Cornish in the 58th minute of the match. Ollie Clark made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Renatinho Maranhense sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Renatinho Maranhense got free with Ollie Clark in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 69 minutes into the match, TibaDons's goal looked a bit too open when Renatinho Maranhense came free, but Ollie Clark reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Diamantino Reis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Ollie Clark made a huge save. Austen Bull sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rick Postolan charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rick Postolan the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 74 played minutes TibaDons got a freekick which was hit by Rick Postolan. Adilson Salles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ollie Clark having to interfere. Rick Postolan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diamantino Nunes having to interfere. In the 81st minute, Grant Cornish 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. Ollie Clark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adilson Salles in the 84th minute of play. When Diamantino Reis came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Juventudes Libertárias fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Diamantino Reis couldn't finish the play. After 88 minutes of play, TibaDons's Grant Cornish made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Diamantino Nunes was left in no man's land by his defense there! The TibaDons supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Juventudes Libertárias's performance. The match ended with a win for Juventudes Libertárias.