U18 World League

Arena Jardinópolis
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jonathan Eate made the kick off which started today's match. BulnesFC's Joaquin Errolan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save BulnesFC from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, BulnesFC's Silvio Medero got a free kick in the 3rd minute. A collision led to União dos 7 FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Caio de Moraes hit a great ball. BulnesFC's Abelardo Otsando got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Joel Ortiz got free with Joaquin Errolan in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, União dos 7 FC's Alexsandro Prestes got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 18th minute União dos 7 FC were awarded a corner. Caio de Moraes went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on União dos 7 FC's corner Caio de Moraes fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Joaquin Errolan quite easily take care of the ball. After some careless play in the BulnesFC defense, Duarte de Almeida kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Joaquin Errolan. The BulnesFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Joaquin Errolan should have stopped the shot. 26 minutes into the game, Reynaldo Vaz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. União dos 7 FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BulnesFC the free kick. In the 27th minute, Reynaldo Vaz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Otsando in the 31st minute of play forced União dos 7 FC's goalkeeper Luís Botelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Honorio Oliverios took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luís Botelho. Luís Botelho dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Melchor Gaskon in the 39th minute of play forced União dos 7 FC's goalkeeper Luís Botelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Honorio Oliverios in the 40th minute of play forced União dos 7 FC's goalkeeper Luís Botelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Melchor Gaskon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 47thth minute of the game Duarte de Almeida who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BulnesFC's Joaquin Errolan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Joaquin Errolan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duarte de Almeida in the 51st minute of the match. After 54 played minutes União dos 7 FC got a freekick which was hit by Joel Ortiz. 57 minutes into the match, União dos 7 FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Eate came free, but Luís Botelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abelardo Otsando's late challenge caught a União dos 7 FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abelardo Otsando helped the player get up and apologised. União dos 7 FC's Caio de Moraes couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 61st minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for BulnesFC. União dos 7 FC's Luís Botelho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abelardo Otsando in the 65th minute of play. In the 66th match minute, BulnesFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Melchor Gaskon to maneuver through the defense. If Jonathan Eate had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Honorio Oliverios during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Honorio Oliverios hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. When União dos 7 FC's Duarte de Almeida in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BulnesFC's goalie prevented a goal. Joaquin Errolan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duarte de Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. After 79 minutes of play BulnesFC's Abelardo Otsando was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 80 played minutes BulnesFC got a freekick which was hit by Abelardo Otsando. Caio de Moraes took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 80th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Joaquin Errolan. BulnesFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 82 minutes into the game, Duarte de Almeida cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Joaquin Errolan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Silvio Medero during the 86th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Duarte de Almeida scored 4-1 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Joaquin Errolan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the BulnesFC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for União dos 7 FC.