U18 World League

Estádio Fernanda LRS
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5634, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Dário da Cunha started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of Matungo Gaúcho booed when FA Sandtown was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ryszard Gecionis didn't get a good kick on the ball. 6 minutes into the game, Reinaldo Marinho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Michal Zdeb was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 10thth minute of the game Dário da Cunha who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FA Sandtown's Michal Zdeb was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 11th match minute, FA Sandtown was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emil Sakowicz to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, FA Sandtown's Michal Zdeb got control of the ball when Reinaldo Marinho tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zé de Senna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zbyszek Zahemski, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. If Dário da Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zé de Senna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ryszard Gecionis, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. If Abelardo de Lara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bogdan Miecznikowski charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bogdan Miecznikowski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FA Sandtown getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Bogdan Miecznikowski hit a great ball. In the 34th minute, Matungo Gaúcho's Dário da Cunha ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Michal Zdeb. Michal Zdeb yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ryszard Gecionis in the 43rd minute of play forced Matungo Gaúcho's goalkeeper Zé de Senna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Matungo Gaúcho's Edmílson Nóbrega got a free kick in the 46th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ryszard Gecionis to make the kick off. Zé de Senna was out of position in the 52 minute of play, and Zbyszek Zahemski capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Zbyszek Zahemski really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Michal Zdeb made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reinaldo Marinho in the 56th minute of play. In the 57th minute, Ryszard Gecionis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Zé de Senna. The goal made the score 2-2. Ryszard Gecionis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Zé de Senna came out and tried to block the shot, but Ryszard Gecionis slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 63rd minute. 76 minutes into the game, Lucjan Serwach was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FA Sandtown's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Matungo Gaúcho the free kick. After a rather tough play, FA Sandtown's Lucjan Serwach got a free kick in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dário da Cunha in the 76th minute of play forced FA Sandtown's goalkeeper Michal Zdeb to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Reinaldo Marinho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Matungo Gaúcho fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. After having played for 86 minutes, Dário da Cunha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Matungo Gaúcho's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dário da Cunha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, FA Sandtown's Zbyszek Zahemski got a free kick in the 87th minute. Reinaldo Marinho scored 4-3 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Michal Zdeb, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After having played for 95 minutes, Abelardo de Lara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Matungo Gaúcho's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abelardo de Lara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Matungo Gaúcho had won after a very even match.