U18 World League

Lagoa Azul
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Matheus Fernandez took the kick off in the first half of the match. MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s Claudiu Ticulescu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matheus Fernandez in the 11th minute of play. After a rather tough play, MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s Claudiu Surugiu got a free kick in the 12th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dinu Timofte in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rubens Arósio prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Dinu Timofte managed to get in a good position for a shot. MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s supporters rose to their feet, but Dinu Timofte was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rubens Arósio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Fala Sério FC getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Cássio da Fonseca hit a great ball. A collision led to MXM Squad NS ★DAC★ getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Iurie Iacob hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Dinu Timofte's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rubens Arósio was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Carlos Augusto Velasco hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s Nicolae Iureș got a free kick in the 30th minute. In the 33rd match minute, MXM Squad NS ★DAC★ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iurie Iacob to maneuver through the defense. Matheus Fernandez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Claudiu Ticulescu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dinu Timofte in the 39th minute of play forced Fala Sério FC's goalkeeper Rubens Arósio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Fala Sério FC getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Carlos Augusto Velasco hit a great ball. Rubens Arósio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dinu Timofte's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. In the 45th minute, Carlos Augusto Velasco 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. After the first half MXM Squad NS ★DAC★ were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

After 56 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Fala Sério FC! Dinu Timofte did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-3 to the left of a surprised Rubens Arósio 68 minutes into the match. With his leg Rubens Arósio managed to avoid a goal in the 76thth minute, when MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s Dinu Timofte fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 78th minute, Leonard Claudiescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Dinu Timofte managed to get in a good position for a shot. MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s supporters rose to their feet, but Dinu Timofte was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rubens Arósio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Matheus Fernandez's late challenge caught a MXM Squad NS ★DAC★'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Matheus Fernandez helped the player get up and apologised. In the 93rd match minute, Fala Sério FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matheus Fernandez to maneuver through the defense. Dinu Timoftes short, quick shot in the 97thth minute got Rubens Arósio to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched MXM Squad NS ★DAC★ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.