U18 World League

Altar of Sacrifice
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ricardo Pires got the match started through his kick off. Rodriguinho Gonçalves charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rodriguinho Gonçalves the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Luís Eduardo Leão struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Diego Valladares didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Raining Blood. Diego Valladares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Eduardo Leão, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gualter Secco got free with Diego Valladares in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Dé Mangueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Albertinho Mattos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ricardo Pires, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gualter Secco got free with Diego Valladares in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a little luck, Izaltina FAD's Diego Valladares got control of the ball when Gualter Secco tried to sneak it across the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, Raining Blood's goal looked a bit too open when Cristóvão Paranaense came free, but Albertinho Mattos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Dé Mangueira scored 1-0 in the 54th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Diego Valladares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Duda de Sousa hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Raining Blood's Remo Magalhães was substituted for Matheus Mesquita. Raining Blood made a substitution. Gil Figueiredo replaced Luís Eduardo Leão. Raining Blood's Laércio Capixaba was substituted for Enrique Pombal. In the 64th minute, Duda de Sousa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Diego Valladares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gualter Secco in the 65th minute of the match. 68 minutes into the game, Victor Linares was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Raining Blood's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Izaltina FAD the free kick. In the 68th match minute, Raining Blood was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victor Linares to maneuver through the defense. Diego Valladares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gualter Secco in the 70th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cristóvão Paranaense got free with Albertinho Mattos in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Raining Blood getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Gualter Secco hit a great ball. Diego Valladares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gil Figueiredo in the 76th minute of play. Marcel Andrade hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Izaltina FAD made a substitution. Leandro Alagoano replaced Duda de Sousa. Cristóvão Paranaense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albertinho Mattos having to interfere. Birol Biron charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Birol Biron the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Leandro Alagoano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Albertinho Mattos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gil Figueiredo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Diego Valladares tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Diego Valladares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gil Figueiredo, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Izaltina FAD's Diego Valladares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remo Magalhães in the 92nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gil Figueiredo in the 93rd minute of play forced Izaltina FAD's goalkeeper Diego Valladares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Izaltina FAD's Diego Valladares played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Remo Magalhães in the 95th minute of play. Raining Blood's Albertinho Mattos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save Raining Blood from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Raining Blood had won after a very even match.