U18 World League

Toca do Lobo
Spectators: 8422 (Terracing: 6317, Seating: 1937, VIP seats: 168) After 3 played minutes Alberto Mendonça rounded Vanadio F.C.'s defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Christian Arratia struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Valdo Catarinense didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Vanadio F.C.. Vanadio F.C.'s Esteban Aleson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Júlio Eger in the 8th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, Vanadio F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Júlio Eger came free, but Esteban Aleson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rodrigo Penha hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, SORRISO E. C.'s Cláudio Couto got a free kick in the 13th minute. Valdo Catarinense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lorencio Erosa in the 18th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, SORRISO E. C.'s Jairo Madureira got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Montrell Sojo scored 1-1 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valdo Catarinense, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 25 minutes into the match, Jakob Pernambucano had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valdo Catarinense. SORRISO E. C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jakob Pernambucano was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. A collision led to Vanadio F.C. getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Lorencio Erosa hit a great ball. If Júlio Eger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpected shot in the 36th minute by Leopoldo Trancoso got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 38th minute Jakob Pernambucano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdo Catarinense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th match minute, Vanadio F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Arratia to maneuver through the defense. Esteban Aleson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Júlio Eger went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Leopoldo Trancoso fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Esteban Aleson having to interfere. Feo Lluberas kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Michael Curiel's late challenge caught a SORRISO E. C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Michael Curiel helped the player get up and apologised. Michael Curiel hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Júlio Eger to strike the kick off in the second half. Esteban Aleson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Júlio Eger, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. When Leopoldo Trancoso fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SORRISO E. C.'s protests and gave Leopoldo Trancoso a yellow card for diving instead. Leopoldo Trancoso kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. After 67 minutes SORRISO E. C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lorencio Erosa who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Vanadio F.C.'s corner Lorencio Erosa fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Valdo Catarinense quite easily take care of the ball. In the 79th match minute, SORRISO E. C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alberto Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. 83 minutes into the match, Alberto Mendonça had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Esteban Aleson. Vanadio F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alberto Mendonça was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. Vanadio F.C.'s Esteban Aleson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leopoldo Trancoso in the 86th minute of play. Valdo Catarinense took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jakob Pernambucano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Vanadio F.C. getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Ernesto Santin hit a great ball. In the 93rd minute Alberto Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Esteban Aleson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. SORRISO E. C.'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.