U18 World League

José Tiburcio Borda
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Anibal Marquez took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpected shot in the 7th minute by Anibal Marquez got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Dogelo's Pedro Augusto Silva proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Dogelo from getting a goal against them. After 8 minutes of play, Loco De Remate's Anibal Marquez made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pedro Augusto Silva was left in no man's land by his defense there! 2-0 became the score in the 13th minute when Anibal Marquez elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. A collision led to Dogelo getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Hílton Capixaba hit a great ball. Florencio Orlanda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Augusto Silva having to interfere. In the 19th minute, Ian Mineiro made a precise shot to the right of Samuel Mancio. Loco De Remate's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. After 26 minutes, Nemesio Iraitz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Loco De Remate and the Dogelo players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Loco De Remate's Nemesio Iraitz got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 29th match minute, Dogelo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maicon Moura to maneuver through the defense. If Florencio Orlanda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Dogelo getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Vivaldo Vides hit a great ball. Narciso Rodrigues charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Narciso Rodrigues the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 42 played minutes Dogelo got a freekick which was hit by Narciso Rodrigues. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alvaro Resto during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 54 played minutes Loco De Remate got a freekick which was hit by Alvaro Resto. The supporters of Loco De Remate booed when Dogelo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Narciso Rodrigues didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alvaro Resto kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Dogelo's Hílton Capixaba shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 74th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Samuel Mancio but with some difficulty. Natalio Ur might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Pedro Augusto Silva. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Natalio Ur ran back to his position shaking his head. Samuel Mancio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ian Mineiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd match minute, Dogelo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arnaldo Viana to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Loco De Remate's Samuel Mancio got control of the ball when Maicon Moura tried to sneak it across the goal line. Loco De Remate's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.