U18 World League

Tita Mattiussi
Spectators: 7886 (Terracing: 5915, Seating: 1814, VIP seats: 157) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Oswaldo Paulista took the kick off in the first half of the match. Luizão Diniz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domingos Beila in the 20th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Domingos Beila during the 22nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Alessandro Berger hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ante Rebić in the 29th minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper Luizão Diniz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Spams's goal looked a bit too open when Oswaldo Paulista came free, but Dražen Ladić reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dražen Ladić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oswaldo Paulista in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by César Fantini in the 36th minute of play forced Spams's goalkeeper Dražen Ladić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by César Fantini in the 36th minute of play forced Spams's goalkeeper Dražen Ladić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Luizão Diniz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Domingos Beila in the 45th minute of play. After 48 played minutes ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ got a freekick which was hit by César Fantini. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Rui Castro hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Dražen Ladić took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from César Fantini, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Rui Castro got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Pascual Tonio hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. César Fantini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dražen Ladić having to interfere. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ made a substitution. Belmiro de Godoi replaced Cauan do Nascimento. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Didi Dionísio was substituted for Oswaldo Paulista. After 72 minutes, Alfredo Albuquerque mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ and the Spams players grew even worse after the yellow card. Luizão Diniz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cecilio Telesforo in the 74th minute of play. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Luizão Diniz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ante Rebić in the 77th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cecilio Telesforo in the 88th minute of play forced ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goalkeeper Luizão Diniz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Spams's Igor Tudor got a free kick in the 93rd minute. A collision led to ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Téo Magalhães hit a great ball. 97 minutes into the game, Domingos Beila cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Luizão Diniz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.