U18 World League

Arena Rei Pelé
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. José Fernandez started the match with the kick off. Tales Siqueira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roland Sala in the 7th minute of the match. After some careless play in the SeleSantos FC defense, Przemyslaw Mochowak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tales Siqueira. The SeleSantos FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tales Siqueira should have stopped the shot. If José Fernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When José Fernandez came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the SeleSantos FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that José Fernandez couldn't finish the play. In the 20thth minute of the game Emil Marajda who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SeleSantos FC's Tales Siqueira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Vitinho Pirani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Fabian Bartelak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emil Marajda in the 30th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tales Siqueira prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, José Fernandez managed to get in a good position for a shot. SeleSantos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but José Fernandez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fabian Bartelak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 38th minute the ball was on its way in behind KS Tęcza's goalkeeper Fabian Bartelak, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, SeleSantos FC's Eurico Prestes got a free kick in the 39th minute. KS Tęcza's Lucjan Kasprzak got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 42nd match minute, SeleSantos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amauri Freitas to maneuver through the defense. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emil Marajda to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Emil Marajda's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tales Siqueira was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Emil Marajda in the 59thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tales Siqueira, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 61 minutes into the match, Przemyslaw Mochowak dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Tales Siqueira, 0-2. In the 69th minute of the match Adrianinho Catarinense sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fabian Bartelak skillfully saved the ball. In the 71st minute Emil Marajda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tales Siqueira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Emil Marajda came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the KS Tęcza fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Emil Marajda couldn't finish the play. After 82 played minutes SeleSantos FC got a freekick which was hit by Eurico Prestes. With a little luck, SeleSantos FC's Tales Siqueira got control of the ball when Przemyslaw Mochowak tried to sneak it across the goal line.