U18 World League

Allianz Parque
Spectators: 7654 (Terracing: 5742, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gonçalo Sarmento started the match with the kick off. Ronaldinho Cosme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Ronaldinho Cosme took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Ivo Amaral to make any attempt to save it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Belmiro Urbano during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Palmeiras booed when Real Cruzeiro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Belmiro Urbano didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 11 played minutes, Palmeiras's Michel Bastos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ivo Amaral 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 Palmeiras reached it. In the 15th minute, Falcão Mendes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Belmiro Urbano was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 16 minutes had been played. With an all-out effort, Palmeiras's Ivo Amaral threw himself towards the right post 18 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Michel Bastos, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Márcio Freitas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Guilherme Cabral in the 21st minute of the match. Téo Trancoso's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Ivo Amaral firmly grabbed it by the left post. Ivo Amaral was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ronaldinho Cosme showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-0 in the 26 minute of play. In the 29th minute, Téo Trancoso made a precise shot to the right of Ivo Amaral. Real Cruzeiro FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. Ivo Amaral showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronaldinho Cosme, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Ivo Amaral made a fantastic save in the 37th minute, when Téo Trancoso sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, Real Cruzeiro FC's Ivo Amaral got control of the ball when Téo Trancoso tried to sneak it across the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Michel Bastos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ivo Amaral quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 45th minute, Palmeiras's Ademir Senna dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 6-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ronaldinho Cosme to make the kick off. Ademir Senna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Palmeiras booed when Real Cruzeiro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ronaldo Vianna didn't get a good kick on the ball. Palmeiras's Michel Bastos got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Real Cruzeiro FC's Ivo Amaral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ademir Senna in the 63rd minute of play. After 66th play minutes Téo Trancoso shot 7-0, a short shot which went by Ivo Amaral and just under the crossbar into goal. After a rather tough play, Real Cruzeiro FC's Ronaldo Vianna got a free kick in the 69th minute. Ronaldinho Cosme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ivo Amaral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ademir Senna in the 72nd minute of the match. 80 minutes into the game, Júnior Salles was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Real Cruzeiro FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Palmeiras the free kick. The supporters of Palmeiras booed when Real Cruzeiro FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Júnior Salles didn't get a good kick on the ball. Real Cruzeiro FC's Ivo Amaral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Téo Trancoso in the 88th minute of play. Real Cruzeiro FC's Ivo Amaral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ademir Senna in the 89th minute of play. Ivo Amaral didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Téo Trancoso went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. If Ronaldinho Cosme had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Palmeiras walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.