U18 World League

Arena da Colina
Spectators: 7755 (Terracing: 5818, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) Barcelona de América's Ulises Casanande started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Barcelona de América getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Jacinto Ungia hit a great ball. 10 minutes had been played when some careless play by Barcelona de América's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. João Paulo Cunha was slow to take the kick. During this time Atlético da Colina's players had a chance to rest. When Hernani Mello in the 11th play minute got the chance to kick a hard shot on goal from short distance neither the defense or Guerrero Marva kept up with the ball and suddenly the score was 1-0 when the ball slipped into goal inside the left pole. With an all-out effort, Atlético da Colina's Guerrero Marva threw himself towards the right post 13 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Paulão Rodrigues, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Natã Gerber took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xacobo Isern, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 30 minutes into the match, Barcelona de América's goal looked a bit too open when Paulão Rodrigues came free, but Guerrero Marva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Guerrero Marva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Paulo Cunha in the 32nd minute of play. In the 35th minute, Atlético da Colina's Paulão Rodrigues ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Guerrero Marva. Guerrero Marva yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tiago Gabriel Furtado was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute Xacobo Isern shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Natã Gerber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guerrero Marva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tiago Gabriel Furtado in the 56th minute of the match. Natã Gerber showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Criado in the 57th minute of the match. Xacobo Isern fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Natã Gerber having to interfere. Guerrero Marva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulão Rodrigues, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. In the 74th minute, one of Barcelona de América:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Barcelona de América. Natã Gerber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulises Casanande in the 82nd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Hernani Mello made a precise shot to the right of Guerrero Marva. Barcelona de América's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulises Casanande in the 88th minute of play forced Atlético da Colina's goalkeeper Natã Gerber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Barcelona de América's Anibal Villascuerna shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 95th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Natã Gerber but with some difficulty. 96 minutes into the match, Ulises Casanande notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Atlético da Colina's Natã Gerber. Natã Gerber was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. For all the effort they put into the match, the Barcelona de América players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Atlético da Colina.