U18 World League

Francisco Coniglio
Spectators: 7482 (Terracing: 5613, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Sixto Gines hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 6 minutes into the match, Jeremias Atauri notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Catugi FC's Luizão Braga. Luizão Braga was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Denis Orain during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 8th minute, Denis Orain hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aldo Rafel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Glauco de Amorim in the 9th minute of play. Joaquin Matthew was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 12th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 13th minute, Elias Milio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Davi Proença, 14 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. João Carlos Ramalho hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. After having played for 17 minutes, Joaquin Matthew managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Caricancha's supporters crossed their fingers, but Joaquin Matthew was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 18th match minute, Catugi FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frederico Bertassi to maneuver through the defense. 20 minutes into the match, Caricancha's goal looked a bit too open when Frederico Bertassi came free, but Aldo Rafel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sixto Gines hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Caricancha's Elias Milio got a free kick in the 23rd minute. With a little luck, Catugi FC's Luizão Braga got control of the ball when Denis Orain tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 36th minute, Elias Milio reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Luizão Braga. The goal made the score 2-0. Aldo Rafel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Glauco de Amorim in the 46th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 59thth minute of the game Jeremias Atauri who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Catugi FC's Luizão Braga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Luizão Braga made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denis Orain in the 60th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Catugi FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jeremias Atauri came free, but Luizão Braga reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joaquin Matthew during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 62 played minutes Caricancha got a freekick which was hit by Joaquin Matthew. After 70 played minutes Caricancha got a freekick which was hit by Sixto Gines. 76 minutes into the match, Caricancha's goal looked a bit too open when Glauco de Amorim came free, but Aldo Rafel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Glauco de Amorim could shoot a difficult shot in the 78th minute, which Aldo Rafel however easily saved by the left post. In the 80th minute, Jeremias Atauri left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Caricancha fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Luizão Braga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeremias Atauri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Glauco de Amorim could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Aldo Rafel made a huge save. Aldo Rafel didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luiz Gustavo do Valle went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, Catugi FC's Glauco de Amorim got a free kick in the 96th minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Caricancha fans cheered their team off the field, for while Catugi FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.