World League

Arena Floresta
Spectators: 7620 (Terracing: 5716, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Godofredo Marin got the match started through his kick off. Léo de Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nemanja Vidić, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Léo de Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cruz Credo, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Floresta Club U18's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Paulus Van Poucke was slow to take the kick. During this time Maravilla's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Maravilla's corner Reiner Sørrig fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Léo de Brito quite easily take care of the ball. After taking down the ball on Maravilla's corner Godofredo Marin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Léo de Brito quite easily take care of the ball. Léo de Brito showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cruz Credo, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Maravilla's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Paulus Van Poucke in the 16th minute. Eliézer Correia tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Léo de Brito. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 17th minute. The audience was convinced that Cruz Credo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Léo de Brito was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. In the 24thth minute of the game Cruz Credo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Floresta Club U18's Léo de Brito was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind Floresta Club U18's goalkeeper Léo de Brito, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Floresta Club U18 getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Remo da Rocha hit a great ball. Léo de Brito took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cruz Credo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Floresta Club U18's Léo de Brito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cruz Credo in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulus Van Poucke in the 32nd minute of play forced Floresta Club U18's goalkeeper Léo de Brito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Maravilla booed when Floresta Club U18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guilherme Viana didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 41st minute, Guilherme Viana hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Léo de Brito didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Maravilla's Cruz Credo shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Maravilla's Facundo Altamirano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gilmar Castro in the 46th minute of play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Douglas de Souza to strike the kick off in the second half. Facundo Altamirano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomé Reis in the 51st minute of play. In the 52nd minute Floresta Club U18 were awarded a corner. Ruy da Rocha went to the cornerflag to take it. When Ruy da Rocha fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Floresta Club U18's protests and gave Ruy da Rocha a yellow card for diving instead. Maravilla's Ceferino Peio was substituted for Cruz Credo. When the match had been going on for 60 minutes, Maravilla's Ceferino Peio got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Léo de Brito. After a rather tough play, Floresta Club U18's Ruy da Rocha got a free kick in the 63rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Paulus Van Poucke managed to get in a good position for a shot. Maravilla's supporters rose to their feet, but Paulus Van Poucke was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Léo de Brito breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Facundo Altamirano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomé Reis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 83 minutes into the match, Maravilla's Ceferino Peio sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Léo de Brito narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 86th minute, Ceferino Peio ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Léo de Brito was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomé Reis in the 90th minute of play forced Maravilla's goalkeeper Facundo Altamirano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Maravilla eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.