U18 World League

Arena Arizona
Spectators: 7754 (Terracing: 5817, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Gerd Nirk made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 5th match minute, A A Arizona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chicão Freire to maneuver through the defense. Gerd Nirk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rodolfo Siqueira came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Kutsikad's Harald Roo. But to his dismay, Harald Roo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Allar Laving received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Rodolfo Siqueira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A A Arizona's Rodolfo Siqueira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gerd Nirk in the 24th minute of play. A collision led to Kutsikad getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Gerd Nirk hit a great ball. With an all-out effort, A A Arizona's Olen Hein threw himself towards the right post 40 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Chicão Freire, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Rodolfo Siqueira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Allar Laving, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gerd Nirk scored 0-2 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rodolfo Siqueira, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vágner Pitta made a kick off. Mattias Jusson's late challenge caught a A A Arizona's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mattias Jusson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th minute of the match Mauro Rodrigues sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Olen Hein skillfully saved the ball. After 63 minutes of play, Kutsikad's Allar Laving made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rodolfo Siqueira was left in no man's land by his defense there! Rodolfo Siqueira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Harald Roo, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. 68 minutes in the game, Harald Roo dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Kutsikad's Albert Tael was substituted for Gerd Nirk. Edgar Godoi hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. A collision led to A A Arizona getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Chicão Freire hit a great ball. Rodolfo Siqueira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Albert Tael in the 75th minute. Allar Laving could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Rodolfo Siqueira made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Albert Tael got free with Rodolfo Siqueira in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Harald Roo in the 87th minute of play forced A A Arizona's goalkeeper Rodolfo Siqueira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Luís Bertassi took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Olen Hein. Olen Hein dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. When the match was over Kutsikad could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than A A Arizona throughout the match.