U18 World League

ARENA TRAKINAS
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Paulo José Donatello got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Nina fc's zone, Betinho Breckenfeld stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lucio Hernandez came out of the goal and Betinho Breckenfeld tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 7 minutes into the game, Jacobo Ibar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nina fc's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave TRAKINAS FC the free kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in Nina fc fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 7th minute. Penalty! After a rather tough play, Nina fc's Jacobo Ibar got a free kick in the 11th minute. Javier Restu scored 1-1 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gilvan Catarinense, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 22nd minute Javier Restu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gilvan Catarinense saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Javier Restu during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Gilvan Catarinense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mariano Millan, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. 47 minutes into the match, TRAKINAS FC's goal looked a bit too open when Javier Restu came free, but Gilvan Catarinense reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The TRAKINAS FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Nina fc were winning 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Mariano Millan was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mariano Millan in the 53rd minute of play forced TRAKINAS FC's goalkeeper Gilvan Catarinense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gilvan Catarinense showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mariano Millan in the 54th minute of the match. The supporters of TRAKINAS FC booed when Nina fc was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alfredo Valente didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Paulo José Donatello had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Nina fc getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Jacobo Edur hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Betinho Breckenfeld in the 68th minute of play forced Nina fc's goalkeeper Lucio Hernandez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucio Hernandez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Betinho Breckenfeld went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 82nd minute, Javier Restu 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. Betinho Breckenfeld scored 3-2 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Lucio Hernandez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Mariano Millan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Gilvan Catarinense tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.