U18 World League

Estádio Aracatiara
Spectators: 7591 (Terracing: 5694, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Horácio Pontes started the match with the kick off. Horácio Pontes charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Horácio Pontes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Black Knights FC booed when Aracatiara EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Horácio Pontes didn't get a good kick on the ball. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by Aracatiara EC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Quintin Funk was slow to take the kick. During this time Black Knights FC's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of Aracatiara EC booed when Black Knights FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bo McIntosh didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aracatiara EC's Toninho Tepedino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mickey Landreth in the 15th minute of play. Aracatiara EC's Toninho Tepedino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bo McIntosh in the 16th minute of play. Lionel Aviles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricardinho Vander in the 18th minute of the match. Luiz Fernando da Silveira's late challenge caught a Black Knights FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luiz Fernando da Silveira helped the player get up and apologised. Luiz Fernando da Silveira kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Toninho Tepedino showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Quintin Funk in the 22nd minute of the match. Quintin Funk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luiz Fernando da Silveira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 31 played minutes Black Knights FC got a freekick which was hit by Korey Law. In the 39th minute, Quintin Funk ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Toninho Tepedino was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Quintin Funk 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. After 47 played minutes Black Knights FC got a freekick which was hit by Korey Law. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Quintin Funk to make the kick off. Black Knights FC's Lionel Aviles played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ricardinho Vander in the 54th minute of play. Mickey Landreth sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Javier Mayo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Toninho Tepedino was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Aracatiara EC's Toninho Tepedino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Quintin Funk in the 67th minute of play. Aracatiara EC's Toninho Tepedino proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Aracatiara EC from getting a goal against them. Mickey Landreth received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Toninho Tepedino tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mickey Landreth could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Toninho Tepedino made a huge save. Toninho Tepedino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Quintin Funk in the 76th minute of play. DeAndre Staley hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. In the 86th minute, Mickey Landreth made a precise shot to the right of Toninho Tepedino. Aracatiara EC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 89th play minute Javier Mayo came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Toninho Tepedino. 0-4. Rob Slater hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, Aracatiara EC's Amadeu Toledo tried to score from far away in the 96th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. When the final whistle sounded Black Knights FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Aracatiara EC.