U18 World League

Vila Belmiro
Spectators: 7800 (Terracing: 5851, Seating: 1794, VIP seats: 155) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arnoldo Asier took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Santos FC booed when ..Villa Rugby Club.. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulino Segio didn't get a good kick on the ball. 4 minutes into the match, Santos FC's Desmond Rowell broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. In the 6th minute Arnoldo Asier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hans Ladd saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Fidel Chus fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ..Villa Rugby Club..'s protests and gave Fidel Chus a yellow card for diving instead. After 14 minutes, Evelio Frasquito mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ..Villa Rugby Club.. and the Santos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 14th match minute, ..Villa Rugby Club.. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evelio Frasquito to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th match minute, Santos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodrick Orlinsky to maneuver through the defense. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Santos FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Arnoldo Asier was slow to take the kick. During this time ..Villa Rugby Club..'s players had a chance to rest. Fidel Chus received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Hans Ladd tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Loco Nanuk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Desmond Rowell, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Desmond Rowell charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Desmond Rowell the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 38th match minute, Santos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Desmond Rowell to maneuver through the defense. After 39 played minutes, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Serafin Cordaryal shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hans Ladd 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 ..Villa Rugby Club.. reached it. In the 41st minute Leon Myrick shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loco Nanuk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ernesto Peruanton kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Leon Burr hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

A collision led to ..Villa Rugby Club.. getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Evelio Frasquito hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lawrence Smart in the 57th minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Loco Nanuk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sixto Cilio kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Loco Nanuk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Myrick in the 60th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Ernesto Peruanton got a free kick in the 60th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Desmond Rowell in the 61st minute of play forced ..Villa Rugby Club..'s goalkeeper Loco Nanuk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Loco Nanuk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Desmond Rowell in the 65th minute of play. Fidel Chus kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. In the 83rd minute, ..Villa Rugby Club..'s Rafael Leoncio ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Hans Ladd. Hans Ladd yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. After 86 played minutes Santos FC got a freekick which was hit by Leon Burr. In the 90thth minute of the game Evelio Frasquito who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Santos FC's Hans Ladd was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fidel Chus in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hans Ladd saved Santos FC from getting behind. Despite being the better team, ..Villa Rugby Club.. failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.