U18 World League

Lionel Messi
Spectators: 8008 (Terracing: 6008, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Oswaldo Paulista started the match with the kick off. 2 minutes into the game, Epifanio Rayman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ the free kick. A collision led to ARedonditos de Ricota CFK getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Epifanio Rayman hit a great ball. Téo Magalhães took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 3rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fulgencio Francho. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 4 minutes, Nereo Lluterio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ARedonditos de Ricota CFK and the ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ players grew even worse after the yellow card. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Pedro Lucas was substituted for Cauan do Nascimento. In the 6th match minute, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nereo Lluterio to maneuver through the defense. Fulgencio Francho came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's Rui Castro. But to his dismay, Rui Castro quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Nereo Lluterio kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. Rui Castro took the ball and in the 15 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Fulgencio Francho. Fulgencio Francho dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. In the 18th minute, Adolf Fratev left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ARedonditos de Ricota CFK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. 27 minutes into the match, Adolf Fratev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luizão Diniz. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adolf Fratev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Fulgencio Francho 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 35 minutes, Alessandro Berger mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ and the ARedonditos de Ricota CFK players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of ARedonditos de Ricota CFK booed when ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alessandro Berger didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luizão Diniz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guaberto Lekubegi in the 39th minute of the match. Adolf Fratev hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Fulgencio Francho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from César Fantini went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score.

In the 52nd minute, César Fantini 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. The throw-in from Pedro Lucas in the 56th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Luciano Conrao. With a little luck, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Fulgencio Francho got control of the ball when Oswaldo Paulista tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luizão Diniz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Epifanio Rayman in the 64th minute of the match. 67 minutes into the match, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's goal looked a bit too open when Epifanio Rayman came free, but Luizão Diniz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When João Augusto de Sena fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's protests and gave João Augusto de Sena a yellow card for diving instead. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK made a substitution. Celso Nalo replaced Marco Orlin. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ made a substitution. Didi Dionísio replaced Oswaldo Paulista. After a rather tough play, ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's João Augusto de Sena got a free kick in the 69th minute. César Fantini could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Fulgencio Francho made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Didi Dionísio in the 76th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fulgencio Francho prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Alfredo Albuquerque charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alfredo Albuquerque the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Alfredo Albuquerque hit a great ball. The supporters of ARedonditos de Ricota CFK booed when ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alessandro Berger didn't get a good kick on the ball. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Fulgencio Francho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save ARedonditos de Ricota CFK from getting a goal against them. João Augusto de Sena was shown his second yellow card after 88 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of ARedonditos de Ricota CFK booed when ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. João Augusto de Sena didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 90th minute of the match Bernardo Frichoso sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Luizão Diniz skillfully saved the ball. ꑿ.Ꮳ. ꋪꋬℑꋬꇓ's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.