U18 World League

Arena Piu Piu
Spectators: 7528 (Terracing: 5647, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jano de Toledo made the kick off which started today's match. Pedro Luiz Ramalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciro Lando in the 3rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Unidade Pinto Louco's Amauri Lima got a free kick in the 4th minute. Pedro Luiz Ramalho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximiliano Batista, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Pedro Luiz Ramalho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ciro Lando in the 12th minute of play. The supporters of Unidade Pinto Louco booed when AFC FUSION was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carlos Ishmael didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when Unidade Pinto Louco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Válbson Falcão didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 26th minute Duda Barbosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carolo Isidor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute, Acácio Domingues ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carolo Isidor was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. AFC FUSION's Carolo Isidor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save AFC FUSION from getting a goal against them. Severino Cibran's late challenge caught a Unidade Pinto Louco's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Severino Cibran helped the player get up and apologised. After 37 played minutes AFC FUSION got a freekick which was hit by Severino Cibran. Acácio Domingues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Carolo Isidor made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Acácio Domingues sent off a good shot on target. Unidade Pinto Louco's Pedro Luiz Ramalho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlos Ishmael in the 48th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ciro Lando to strike the kick off in the second half. When Carmelo Brais fell near the penalty area in the 53rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AFC FUSION's protests and gave Carmelo Brais a yellow card for diving instead. After 53 played minutes AFC FUSION got a freekick which was hit by Carmelo Brais. Acácio Domingues took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 53rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Carolo Isidor. AFC FUSION's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Edgard Leme's late challenge caught a AFC FUSION's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Edgard Leme helped the player get up and apologised. In the 57th minute, Edgard Leme hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pedro Luiz Ramalho was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ciro Lando showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 59 minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Ciro Lando kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Pedro Luiz Ramalho. That made the score 1-2 in the 66 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ciro Lando in the 70th minute of play forced Unidade Pinto Louco's goalkeeper Pedro Luiz Ramalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Unidade Pinto Louco getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Acácio Domingues hit a great ball. After 77 played minutes AFC FUSION got a freekick which was hit by Leonides Txanton. After a rather tough play, AFC FUSION's Carmelo Brais got a free kick in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Acácio Domingues in the 79th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Carolo Isidor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Luiz Ramalho was out of position in the 81 minute of play, and Ciro Lando capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ciro Lando really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. Carmelo Brais kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. In the 91st match minute, Unidade Pinto Louco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Acácio Domingues to maneuver through the defense. Pedro Luiz Ramalho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Torres, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute.