U18 World League

Estádio Douradão
Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The supporters of Albigasta FC booed when AFC - Curitiba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Almir Romero didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luizão Ferraz kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute, Gaspar Irrintzi sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and AFC - Curitiba's Edmílson Matos didn't even have to move. 6 minutes into the game, Virgilio Romano cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Edmílson Matos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ricardo Mantzio scored 0-2 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edmílson Matos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 14thth minute of the game Lenílson Santos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Albigasta FC's Urbano Bemabe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 17 minutes into the match, Albigasta FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lenílson Santos came free, but Urbano Bemabe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edmílson Matos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugo Romero in the 19th minute of play. Ricardo Mantzio hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. In the 24th minute, Luizão Ferraz got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 28 minutes into the match, Ricardo Mantzio notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of AFC - Curitiba's Edmílson Matos. Edmílson Matos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 35 minutes, Agostinho Castro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AFC - Curitiba and the Albigasta FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 38th minute Ricardo Mantzio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmílson Matos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edmílson Matos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virgilio Romano, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. 42 minutes into the match, Hugo Romero had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Edmílson Matos. AFC - Curitiba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hugo Romero was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. In the 44th minute, Gaspar Irrintzi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edmílson Matos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hugo Romero went, in the 48th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-5 was the resulting score. After the first half Albigasta FC were leading 1-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Virgilio Romano was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hugo Romero got free with Edmílson Matos in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 65 minutes into the game, Lenílson Santos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-5. Urbano Bemabe was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 69th minute of the match Luizão Ferraz shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Urbano Bemabe showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to Albigasta FC getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Hugo Romero hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ricardo Mantzio got free with Edmílson Matos in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 74 minutes into the match, Hugo Romero notched a goal, 2-6, to the right of AFC - Curitiba's Edmílson Matos. Edmílson Matos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Edmílson Matos made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Ricardo Mantzio sent off a good shot on target. Ricardo Mantzio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Edmílson Matos made a huge save. In the 80th minute, Albigasta FC's Hugo Romero dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-7. 85 minutes into the match, AFC - Curitiba's goalkeeper Edmílson Matos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ricardo Mantzio. Edmílson Matos made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Ricardo Mantzio sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agostinho Castro in the 91st minute of play forced Albigasta FC's goalkeeper Urbano Bemabe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Conrado Damião had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zézinho da Costa charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Zézinho da Costa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Albigasta FC booed when AFC - Curitiba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zézinho da Costa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Ricardo Mantzio could shoot a difficult shot in the 99th minute, which Edmílson Matos however easily saved by the left post. When the final whistle sounded Albigasta FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than AFC - Curitiba.