U18 World League

Arena Blanka
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Virginijus Žalpys started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes of play, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Dagoberto Pirani made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gytis Vilimavičius was left in no man's land by his defense there! Douglas Tasso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virginijus Žalpys, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. FC COSA NOSTRA were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Miglius Beržinis took the corner. The corner ended in Miglius Beržinis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Douglas Tasso did a great save. Flavinho de Salles charged in rather forcefully in the 13th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Flavinho de Salles the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Flavinho de Salles hit a great ball. Jonas Mališauskas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Douglas Tasso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Carlos Fernando Campidelis kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Dagoberto Pirani could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Gytis Vilimavičius made a huge save. 25 minutes into the match, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s goal looked a bit too open when Virginijus Žalpys came free, but Douglas Tasso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute FC COSA NOSTRA were awarded a corner. Miglius Beržinis went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on FC COSA NOSTRA's corner Miglius Beržinis fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Douglas Tasso quite easily take care of the ball. Virginijus Žalpys received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Douglas Tasso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 33 minutes of play, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Dagoberto Pirani made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gytis Vilimavičius was left in no man's land by his defense there! 38 minutes into the match, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s goal looked a bit too open when Jonas Mališauskas came free, but Douglas Tasso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Virginijus Žalpys managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC COSA NOSTRA's supporters rose to their feet, but Virginijus Žalpys was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Douglas Tasso breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The wind increased when Ulysses Campidelis made the kick off in the second half. FC COSA NOSTRA's Gytis Vilimavičius played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivo Donato in the 52nd minute of play. In the 60th match minute, BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giuseppe Lucas to maneuver through the defense. In the 61st minute, Benjaminas Pankratjevas made a precise shot to the right of Douglas Tasso. BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. After 64 minutes of play BUZZIDA FC -DMZ-'s Flavinho de Salles was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Flavinho de Salles hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Virginijus Žalpys received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Douglas Tasso tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Douglas Tasso took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benjaminas Pankratjevas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of FC COSA NOSTRA booed when BUZZIDA FC -DMZ- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dagoberto Pirani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Carlos Fernando Campidelis hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Gytis Vilimavičius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulysses Campidelis in the 93rd minute of play.