U18 World League

Di Stéfano Arena
Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Silvério Gomes got the match started through his kick off. Silvério Gomess short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Sixto Iratxo to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Juninho Machado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Celestino Hermelando hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. It was a well-played corner which Tales Coutinho managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Cacá Ribeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Siro Orland in the 17th minute of the match. Segundo Orti received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Cacá Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With an all-out effort, 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's Sixto Iratxo threw himself towards the right post 21 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Juninho Machado, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Váldson Mendes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's Cacá Ribeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Segundo Orti in the 28th minute of play. A collision led to GangsTaz F. C. getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Nestor Abarca hit a great ball. Sixto Iratxo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Váldson Mendes in the 37th minute of the match. 39 minutes into the game, Rafa Ramos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave GangsTaz F. C. the free kick. GangsTaz F. C.'s Sixto Iratxo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juninho Machado in the 42nd minute of play. Dadá Lucas hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The score stood at 0-0 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 Segundo Orti to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Nestor Abarca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cacá Ribeiro. 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nestor Abarca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 58 played minutes 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】 got a freekick which was hit by Vito Rodrigues. After having played for 59 minutes, Segundo Orti managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GangsTaz F. C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Segundo Orti was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dedê Guerra hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. After 61 played minutes, GangsTaz F. C.'s Segundo Orti shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Cacá Ribeiro 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 GangsTaz F. C. reached it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nestor Abarca during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 62 played minutes GangsTaz F. C. got a freekick which was hit by Nestor Abarca. In the 63rd minute of the match Silvério Gomes shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sixto Iratxo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Astor Boni during the 64th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 70 minutes, Váldson Mendes made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. GangsTaz F. C.'s Sixto Iratxo tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's Kauan Baiano was substituted for Juninho Machado. A collision led to GangsTaz F. C. getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Dante Roland hit a great ball. Sixto Iratxo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Willian França's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Sixto Iratxo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Willian França in the 90th minute of play. 【¡Hālā Μāđяιđ CF!】's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.