U18 World League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 7534 (Terracing: 5652, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Unidade Pinto Louco's Jano de Toledo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of Unidade Pinto Louco booed when AFC FUSION was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramiro Arnalt didn't get a good kick on the ball. 4 minutes into the match, AFC FUSION's goal looked a bit too open when Acácio Domingues came free, but Carolo Isidor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 5 played minutes AFC FUSION got a freekick which was hit by Gregorio Orlondon. Egídio Capixaba hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. After 8 played minutes Unidade Pinto Louco got a freekick which was hit by Amauri Lima. Carolo Isidor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jano de Toledo in the 11th minute of play. In the 13th minute, Acácio Domingues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 14 minutes into the match, Unidade Pinto Louco's goalkeeper Dalmo Félix had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Maximiliano Batista. Carolo Isidor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Acácio Domingues in the 17th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, Maximiliano Batista had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dalmo Félix. Unidade Pinto Louco's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maximiliano Batista was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Dalmo Félix took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciro Lando, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Unidade Pinto Louco's Acácio Domingues got a free kick in the 26th minute. Dalmo Félix made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ciro Lando in the 27th minute. Carolo Isidor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgard Leme, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Dalmo Félix made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ciro Lando in the 38th minute. Carolo Isidor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Acácio Domingues in the 42nd minute of the match. After 44 minutes of play, Unidade Pinto Louco's Jano de Toledo made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Carolo Isidor was left in no man's land by his defense there! Unidade Pinto Louco's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Acácio Domingues in the 49th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Amauri Lima heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ciro Lando stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when Unidade Pinto Louco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emanuel Dionísio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dalmo Félix made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgard Abascal in the 56th minute of play. After 59 played minutes Unidade Pinto Louco got a freekick which was hit by Acácio Domingues. After 60 played minutes Unidade Pinto Louco got a freekick which was hit by Wesley Carneiro. The supporters of AFC FUSION booed when Unidade Pinto Louco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edgard Leme didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dalmo Félix didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Maximiliano Batista went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. After having played for 75 minutes, Maximiliano Batista managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AFC FUSION's supporters crossed their fingers, but Maximiliano Batista was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Emanuel Dionísio hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Dalmo Félix showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgard Abascal, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Acácio Domingues in the 80th minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Carolo Isidor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ramiro Arnalt recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 85th match minute, Unidade Pinto Louco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanuel Dionísio to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, AFC FUSION's Silvestre Veronica got a free kick in the 87th minute. 90 minutes into the match, Acácio Domingues notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of AFC FUSION's Carolo Isidor. Carolo Isidor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Unidade Pinto Louco's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.