U18 World League

CLAYMORE CITY
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) Tarcisio Baptista started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the game, Leões do Sul 53's Tarcisio Baptista nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Romeo Dickens made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Leões do Sul 53's Egídio Reis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thad Rocha in the 7th minute of play. Romeo Dickens didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bernardo Soeiro went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. After 16th play minutes Bernardo Soeiro shot 0-3, a short shot which went by Romeo Dickens and just under the crossbar into goal. A collision led to Leões do Sul 53 getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Bernardo Soeiro hit a great ball. Egídio Reis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thad Rocha in the 25th minute. A collision led to CLAYMORE COUNTRY getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Neil Jacques hit a great ball. In the 31st match minute, Leões do Sul 53 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tarcisio Baptista to maneuver through the defense. 33 minutes into the game, Leões do Sul 53's Tarcisio Baptista nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Romeo Dickens made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. After 44 minutes of play, CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Thad Rocha made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Egídio Reis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.

The wind increased when Thad Rocha made the kick off in the second half. Egídio Reis came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Thad Rocha. But to his dismay, Thad Rocha quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. Bob Bright recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 57th minute, Joey Rainey left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CLAYMORE COUNTRY fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-4. Egídio Reis came out of the goal in the 61st minute to try and stop a shot by CLAYMORE COUNTRY's Bob Bright. But to his dismay, Bob Bright quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-4. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Thad Rocha in the 65th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Egídio Reis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thad Rocha scored 5-4 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Egídio Reis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. CLAYMORE COUNTRY made a substitution. Antione Lacroix replaced Neil Jacques. Bernardo Soeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Romeo Dickens tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Tarcisio Baptista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to CLAYMORE COUNTRY getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Owen McGinnis hit a great ball. 94 minutes into the match, CLAYMORE COUNTRY's goalkeeper Romeo Dickens had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tarcisio Baptista. Egídio Reis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thad Rocha, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. CLAYMORE COUNTRY's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.