U18 World League

Arena Prezulo
Spectators: 7772 (Terracing: 5830, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Gil do Nascimento kicked off to start the match. Luís Paulo Mattos hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Beto Madureira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeferson Fantini in the 13th minute of the match. With a little luck, Fml Cobiçados HD's Beto Madureira got control of the ball when Leonardo Cavalcante tried to sneak it across the goal line. Micah Salems might have been able to make a better finish in the 29th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eurico da Mata. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Micah Salems ran back to his position shaking his head. 33 minutes into the match, Franklin Mineiro notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of PREZULO FC's Eurico da Mata. Eurico da Mata was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Zé Paulo Salgado kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, PREZULO FC's Gilson de Sousa got a free kick in the 44th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jeferson Fantini stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Gilson de Sousa fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PREZULO FC's protests and gave Gilson de Sousa a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to PREZULO FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Gilson de Sousa hit a great ball. In the 56th minute Gil do Nascimento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eurico da Mata saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stephen Curry hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Beto Madureira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeferson Fantini in the 67th minute of the match. After 68 minutes, Franklin Mineiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fml Cobiçados HD and the PREZULO FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 68 played minutes Fml Cobiçados HD got a freekick which was hit by Franklin Mineiro. Zé Paulo Salgado hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 75th minute of the match Gilson de Sousa sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Beto Madureira skillfully saved the ball. Beto Madureira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nildo Munhoz in the 81st minute of play. Nildo Munhoz hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match.