U18 World League

Arena do Macabeus
Spectators: 7628 (Terracing: 5722, Seating: 1754, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Elói Nogueira kicked off to start the match. In the 7th minute, Bruno da Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luisão Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Goren Mexia in the 11th minute of the match. Luisão Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xzaiver Balaguer in the 20th minute of the match. Elói Nogueira could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Dominic Orcondona made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Carpasús FC - FDC's Naelio Piquero got a free kick in the 30th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno da Costa in the 39th minute of play forced Carpasús FC - FDC's goalkeeper Dominic Orcondona to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vivaldo Pitta 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. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xzaiver Balaguer to make the kick off. Xzaiver Balaguer's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luisão Simões read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. Naelio Piquero hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Dominic Orcondona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno da Costa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Xzaiver Balaguer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Carpasús FC - FDC's supporters rose to their feet, but Xzaiver Balaguer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luisão Simões breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Xzaiver Balaguer got free with Luisão Simões in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG's Luisão Simões got control of the ball when Xzaiver Balaguer tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luisão Simões made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel Giral in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute Dênis Gomes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dominic Orcondona saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carpasús FC - FDC's Dominic Orcondona played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dênis Gomes in the 70th minute of play. Dominic Orcondona took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dudu Neļķis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Xzaiver Balaguer's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 78thth minute, Luisão Simões skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 80th minute, Elói Nogueira 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. After 81 played minutes TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG got a freekick which was hit by Dudu Neļķis. Dênis Gomes scored 1-0 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dominic Orcondona, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luisão Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xzaiver Balaguer in the 90th minute of the match. Goren Mexia recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. TROMBETA DO APOCALIPSE MG were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Carpasús FC - FDC for a fine match.