U18 World League

ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Arena®
Spectators: 7980 (Terracing: 5986, Seating: 1835, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luiz Nascimento got the match started through his kick off. After 2 played minutes Vikingos FC got a freekick which was hit by Rodrigo Jakobe. Vikingos FC's Apolo Giraldo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Pena in the 14th minute of play. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tiaguinho Hermes in the 16th minute. Alberto Tande made a great header on ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's corner, it was just that Vikingos FC's Apolo Giraldo managed to reach the ball for a save. Apolo Giraldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evaristo Mello in the 17th minute of the match. With a little luck, Vikingos FC's Apolo Giraldo got control of the ball when Diego Pena tried to sneak it across the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Vikingos FC's goalkeeper Apolo Giraldo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Evaristo Mello. Diego Pena took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Apolo Giraldo. Apolo Giraldo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Apolo Giraldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Nascimento, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 35th minute Evaristo Mello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apolo Giraldo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Apolo Giraldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evaristo Mello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Vikingos FC made a substitution. Feliciano Chuan replaced Anier Chale. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Honorato Aureo to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Alberto Tande's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Apolo Giraldo was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Vikingos FC's Apolo Giraldo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Pena in the 63rd minute of play. After 66 played minutes ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ got a freekick which was hit by Luiz Nascimento. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ made a substitution. Rafinha Lopez replaced Tiaguinho Hermes. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ made a substitution. Flavinho de Andrade replaced Alberto Tande. Luiz Nascimento hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Apolo Giraldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Pena, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. After 72 played minutes Vikingos FC got a freekick which was hit by Gonzalo Argoitz. After 73 played minutes, ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Hudson Melo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Apolo Giraldo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ reached it. Apolo Giraldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Diego Pena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Apolo Giraldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Flavinho de Andrade in the 80th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the match, Diego Pena notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Vikingos FC's Apolo Giraldo. Apolo Giraldo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Igor Havier's late challenge caught a ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Igor Havier helped the player get up and apologised. After 94 played minutes Vikingos FC got a freekick which was hit by Igor Havier. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ's Hudson Melo got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Vikingos FC's Feliciano Chuan got a free kick in the 96th minute. ҜƗŇǤ ŁƗØŇ Ř€Đ βŁΔĆҜ walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.