U18 World League

Largo 13 de Maio
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ramiro Bertassi kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Santo Amaro AC booed when New England Patriots was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amadeu Vasconcelos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 7 played minutes Santo Amaro AC got a freekick which was hit by Fabiano Gaspar. The supporters of New England Patriots booed when Santo Amaro AC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabiano Gaspar didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, New England Patriots's Inácio Rosado got a free kick in the 18th minute. Sandro Barreto could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Valdomiro Nunes made a huge save. Jean Faria fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eusébio Albuquerque having to interfere. 26 minutes into the match, Jean Faria notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Santo Amaro AC's Eusébio Albuquerque. Eusébio Albuquerque was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sandro Barreto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valdomiro Nunes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabiano Gaspar in the 36th minute of the match. Sandro Barreto did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Valdomiro Nunes 38 minutes into the match. After 41 played minutes New England Patriots got a freekick which was hit by Alfredinho Macedo. Ramiro Bertassi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Doriva Andrade hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jean Faria was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Santo Amaro AC's Juninho Valadares got a free kick in the 50th minute. In the 54th minute of the match New England Patriots got a corner. Santo Amaro AC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Amadeu Vasconcelos ran over to the corner to take the kick. New England Patriots's Amadeu Vasconcelos was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Eusébio Albuquerque in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Beto Maciel hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. With an all-out effort, New England Patriots's Eusébio Albuquerque threw himself towards the right post 60 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jean Faria, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Ramiro Bertassi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. New England Patriots's Valdomiro Nunes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sandro Barreto in the 64th minute of play. Ramiro Bertassi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 71st match minute, Santo Amaro AC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Ribeiro to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute, Santo Amaro AC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Jean Faria fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Valdomiro Nunes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramiro Bertassi in the 78th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Gustavo Cordeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. New England Patriots's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustavo Cordeiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eusébio Albuquerque breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 85th match minute, Santo Amaro AC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Beto Maciel to maneuver through the defense. If Sandro Barreto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.