U18 World League

Ervedoza
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adolfo Abrantes started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes in the game, Adolfo Abrantes fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Dario Chuan having to interfere. Paso FC's Dario Chuan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adolfo Abrantes in the 5th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Geronimo Sanchez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, KINDERUZ's Ricardo Bandeira got a free kick in the 8th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Isidro Txerran managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paso FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Isidro Txerran was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mateus Garcez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Amador Pirro's late challenge caught a KINDERUZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Amador Pirro helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Paso FC's Amador Pirro got a free kick in the 15th minute. Adolfo Abrantes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Dario Chuan made a huge save. After 18 played minutes KINDERUZ got a freekick which was hit by Adolfo Abrantes. After some careless play in the KINDERUZ defense, Bernardo Gelacio kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mateus Garcez. The KINDERUZ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mateus Garcez should have stopped the shot. 24 minutes into the match, Denis Guerrero had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Mateus Garcez. KINDERUZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Denis Guerrero was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. After a defensive mix-up in KINDERUZ's zone, Denis Guerrero stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mateus Garcez came out of the goal and Denis Guerrero tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ramiro Mansilha during the 30th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 30 played minutes KINDERUZ got a freekick which was hit by Ramiro Mansilha. If Geronimo Sanchez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Bernardo Gelacio managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paso FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Bernardo Gelacio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mateus Garcez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 45 minutes into the match, KINDERUZ's goal looked a bit too open when Bernardo Gelacio came free, but Mateus Garcez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mateus Garcez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Isidro Txerran went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. Disappointed in the 1-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Isidro Txerran made the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 52nd minute, Geronimo Sanchez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paso FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Geronimo Sanchez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mateus Garcez breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 54th minute, Denis Guerrero ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mateus Garcez was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-6. Dario Chuan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulo Valério in the 59th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, KINDERUZ's goal looked a bit too open when Geronimo Sanchez came free, but Mateus Garcez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62nd minute Isidro Txerran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateus Garcez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. KINDERUZ's Mateus Garcez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denis Guerrero in the 66th minute of play. Denis Guerrero received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Mateus Garcez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, KINDERUZ's Adolfo Abrantes got a free kick in the 74th minute. Mateus Garcez was a little too slow when Bernardo Gelacio got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 77th minute. The score was now 1-7. A collision led to KINDERUZ getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Ivan Novais hit a great ball. Bernardo Gelacio came free with the goalkeeper in the 90th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Mateus Garcez could save by the left post. Dario Chuan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristian Ronaldo in the 94th minute of play. Bernardo Gelacio came free with the goalkeeper in the 95th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Mateus Garcez could save by the left post. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Paso FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.