U18 World League

Arena Abaeté
Spectators: 7688 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Inácio Souza started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 5th minute, Sebastian Haas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The West Staines Massive fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After having played for 9 minutes, Sebastian Haas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. West Staines Massive's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sebastian Haas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Inácio Souza had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 13 minutes into the game, West Staines Massive's Hubert Michelsen nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Maria Melo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Rodrigo Saraiva in the 19thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Patrick Oliver Veith, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 21 minutes into the game, West Staines Massive's Hans Laudi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Maria Melo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Inácio Souza kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Raimund Lips left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The West Staines Massive fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Rodrigo Saraiva kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. 34 minutes into the game, Hubert Michelsen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. José Maria Melo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hubert Michelsen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Maria Melo having to interfere. José Maria Melo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hans Laudi in the 46th minute of the match. After the first half West Staines Massive were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sebastian Haas to make the kick off. José Maria Melo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sebastian Haas in the 53rd minute. After 57 played minutes Futebol Dos Parça got a freekick which was hit by Geovani Prado. In the 64th minute of the match, Willi Grünberger tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but José Maria Melo saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 66 minutes into the game, West Staines Massive's Sebastian Haas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. José Maria Melo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. The audience was convinced that Hubert Michelsen's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Maria Melo was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. 77 minutes into the game, Sebastian Haas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-7. José Maria Melo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Thanks to some nice moves Sebastian Haas could shoot a difficult shot in the 80th minute, which José Maria Melo however easily saved by the left post. With a little luck, Futebol Dos Parça's José Maria Melo got control of the ball when Hans Laudi tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Futebol Dos Parça getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Clemente Marinho hit a great ball. Hans Laudi could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but José Maria Melo made a huge save. Sebastian Haas hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. Patrick Oliver Veith made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Inácio Souza in the 94th minute of play. After a rather tough play, West Staines Massive's Peter Jüttner got a free kick in the 95th minute. The Futebol Dos Parça fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. West Staines Massive were clearly better and deserved to take the win.