U18 World League

Estadio Medanitos
Spectators: 7843 (Terracing: 5884, Seating: 1803, VIP seats: 156) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Victor Steven got the match started through his kick off. Nicolas Recife was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Rigoberto Iratze showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 3 minute of play. The supporters of Arsenal de Gols F.C booed when Les Tigres was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emanuel Guerau didn't get a good kick on the ball. Flavinho Garcia charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Flavinho Garcia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Arsenal de Gols F.C getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Flavinho Garcia hit a great ball. Nicolas Recife made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Victor Steven sent off a good shot on target. Rigoberto Iratze could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Nicolas Recife made a huge save. Adilson Correia hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Nicolas Recife acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 19th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Fabian Reynardo. After 20 played minutes Arsenal de Gols F.C got a freekick which was hit by Ademir Freitas. Thanks to some nice moves Rigoberto Iratze could shoot a difficult shot in the 24th minute, which Nicolas Recife however easily saved by the left post. Paulino Orixe could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but Nicolas Recife made a huge save. 36 minutes into the match, Arsenal de Gols F.C's goalkeeper Nicolas Recife had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rigoberto Iratze. Victor Steven sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Claudinei Godoi made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, Higinio Laurin was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Les Tigres's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Arsenal de Gols F.C the free kick. The supporters of Arsenal de Gols F.C booed when Les Tigres was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Higinio Laurin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th minute Victor Steven shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Recife saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nicolas Recife came out of the goal in the 62nd minute to try and stop a shot by Les Tigres's Rigoberto Iratze. But to his dismay, Rigoberto Iratze quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Les Tigres's Martin Ostadar proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Les Tigres from getting a goal against them. Martin Ostadar was a little too slow when Claudinei Godoi got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 67th minute. The score was now 3-1. Nicolas Recife showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rigoberto Iratze, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. After 76 played minutes Arsenal de Gols F.C got a freekick which was hit by Flavinho Garcia. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigoberto Iratze in the 81st minute of play forced Arsenal de Gols F.C's goalkeeper Nicolas Recife to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 82 minutes of play, Les Tigres's Rigoberto Iratze made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nicolas Recife was left in no man's land by his defense there! Victor Steven sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Ademir Freitas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 91st match minute, Arsenal de Gols F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Flavinho Garcia to maneuver through the defense. 94 minutes into the game, Rigoberto Iratze cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Nicolas Recife was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.