U18 World League

Arena Blitzkrieg
Spectators: 7527 (Terracing: 5646, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Christian Cabezas made the kick off which started today's match. Hélio Bittencourt hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Vitin Franques's late challenge caught a Passa o Tanque MZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vitin Franques helped the player get up and apologised. In the 4th minute, Vitin Franques hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hélio Bittencourt could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Rodrigo Almaguer made a huge save. In the 9th match minute, ............ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alberto Clusella to maneuver through the defense. A long shot from Hélio Bittencourt in the 10th minute of play was well struck, but Rodrigo Almaguer made a really good save at the right post. Hélio Bittencourt hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, ............'s Alberto Clusella got a free kick in the 18th minute. Rodrigo Almaguer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hélio Bittencourt in the 20th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Faustão Soares in the 22nd minute of play forced ............'s goalkeeper Rodrigo Almaguer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laerte de Senna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Cabezas in the 32nd minute of the match. Paulo Macedo kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. If Christian Cabezas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 38 minutes into the game, ............'s Christian Cabezas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Laerte de Senna made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 40th match minute, Passa o Tanque MZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudinei Paraense to maneuver through the defense. In the 45th minute, Christian Cabezas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ............ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Faustão Soares to make the kick off. ............'s Rodrigo Almaguer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hélio Bittencourt in the 56th minute of play. Rodrigo Almaguer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Faustão Soares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Claudinei Paraense made in the 62nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Toninho Dias however managed to control. In the 65th minute, Hélio Bittencourt left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Passa o Tanque MZ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. Hélio Bittencourt's late challenge caught a ............'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hélio Bittencourt helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ............ booed when Passa o Tanque MZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hélio Bittencourt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Laerte de Senna made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Christian Cabezas sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Passa o Tanque MZ booed when ............ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alberto Clusella didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Faustão Soares's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rodrigo Almaguer was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. The Passa o Tanque MZ fans' excitement grew in the 80th match minute when Passa o Tanque MZ's Faustão Soares looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Alberto Clusella was shown his second yellow card after 84 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, ............'s Alberto Clusella got a free kick in the 84th minute. In the 87th minute, Viviano Basel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vitin Franques fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Laerte de Senna having to interfere. 96 minutes into the match, Passa o Tanque MZ's Hélio Bittencourt sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rodrigo Almaguer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Passa o Tanque MZ were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.