U18 World League

Céu Trovejante
Spectators: 7696 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Luiz Eduardo Gaspar got the match started through his kick off. Diogo Cordeiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Carlos de Mendonça played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luciano Valadares in the 13th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Luiz Eduardo Gaspar got a free kick in the 16th minute. Jardel da Silveira hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. 24 minutes into the game, Ramón da Rocha was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Floresta Club U18 the free kick. 29 minutes into the match, João Leiva notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Carlos de Mendonça. Carlos de Mendonça was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Christiano Cardoso received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hudson de Souza came out and tried to block the shot, but Christiano Cardoso slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 34th minute. Hudson de Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dieguinho Alagoano, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. In the 40th match minute, Tarrasque Voador F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christiano Cardoso to maneuver through the defense. 42 minutes into the match, Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when João Leiva came free, but Carlos de Mendonça reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell João Leiva to make the kick off. With a little luck, Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Carlos de Mendonça got control of the ball when Luciano Valadares tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s Carlos de Mendonça proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Tarrasque Voador F.C. from getting a goal against them. Hudson de Souza took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christiano Cardoso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 58 minutes into the match, João Leiva dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Carlos de Mendonça, 1-2. In the 66th minute, João Leiva reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Carlos de Mendonça. The goal made the score 1-3. Carlos de Mendonça showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Leiva in the 69th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luciano Valadares in the 72nd minute of play forced Tarrasque Voador F.C.'s goalkeeper Carlos de Mendonça to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Diogo Cordeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Floresta Club U18's supporters rose to their feet, but Diogo Cordeiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Carlos de Mendonça breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Carlos de Mendonça didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from João Leiva went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. In the 84th minute, João Leiva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 94 minutes into the match, Floresta Club U18's goal looked a bit too open when Walter Benjamin came free, but Hudson de Souza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Floresta Club U18 played a much better game than Tarrasque Voador F.C. and deserved their victory. The Tarrasque Voador F.C. players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.