U18 World League

Portugália Arena
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marcos Cordairo took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Adan Aritza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 3 played minutes, CA Portugália's Régis Almeida shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Isaac Delfino came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in CA Portugália reached it. Ignacio Nardo kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Arsenio Ferrando lost his temper 11 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Espirillo FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 11th minute. Penalty! Espirillo FC:s Isaac Delfino showed great skill when he stopped Angelo Senna:s penalty. Isaac Delfino didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Angelo Senna went, in the 13th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. In the 15th minute Gilson Trancoso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isaac Delfino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In a very dangerous position, a player in CA Portugália fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 16th minute. Penalty! Gilson Trancoso's late challenge caught a Espirillo FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gilson Trancoso helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to CA Portugália getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Gilson Trancoso hit a great ball. Álvaro Zanette took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dario Vincent, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adan Aritza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Álvaro Zanette tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the CA Portugália defense, Marcos Cordairo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Álvaro Zanette. The CA Portugália fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Álvaro Zanette should have stopped the shot. Adan Aritza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Álvaro Zanette having to interfere. When Christiano Alves came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the CA Portugália fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Christiano Alves couldn't finish the play. When Pedrão Saldanha came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the CA Portugália fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Pedrão Saldanha couldn't finish the play. Christiano Alves hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match.

Gilson Trancoso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Álvaro Zanette showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dario Vincent in the 61st minute of the match. Espirillo FC's Isaac Delfino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christiano Alves in the 65th minute of play. In the 66th minute, Marcos Cordairo got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to CA Portugália getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Angelo Senna hit a great ball. Everardo Sein's late challenge caught a CA Portugália's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Everardo Sein helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Espirillo FC's Everardo Sein got a free kick in the 71st minute. Espirillo FC's Isaac Delfino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christiano Alves in the 76th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, Espirillo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gilson Trancoso came free, but Isaac Delfino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Espirillo FC defense, Pedrão Saldanha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Isaac Delfino. The Espirillo FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Isaac Delfino should have stopped the shot. After 83 played minutes CA Portugália got a freekick which was hit by Evandro Barros. Adan Aritza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Álvaro Zanette having to interfere. A collision led to CA Portugália getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Régis Almeida hit a great ball. The Espirillo FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented CA Portugália from taking control. The game ends in a draw.