U18 World League

Rio Verde
Spectators: 7640 (Terracing: 5731, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Didi Gattoni got the match started through his kick off. If Didi Gattoni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 12 minutes Bandeca FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Alessio Bussi who took care of the corner kick. ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s Alessio Bussi was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Kléberson Soeiro in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tiago Ortiz in the 16th minute of play forced ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s goalkeeper Cesare Rigoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Fernando Banders dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Cesare Rigoni, 1-0. Cesare Rigoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Soares in the 21st minute of play. Fernando Banders received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cesare Rigoni came out and tried to block the shot, but Fernando Banders slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 25th minute. In the 29th minute Fernando Banders shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cesare Rigoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rdth minute of the game Didi Gattoni who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bandeca FC's Kléberson Soeiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 37th minute, one of Bandeca FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Bandeca FC. Kléberson Soeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessio Bussi in the 41st minute of play. Márcio de Salles kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. 47 minutes into the match, Tiago Ortiz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Cesare Rigoni, 3-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Tiago Ortiz was the one to do the kick off. Cesare Rigoni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Waldir Marquez in the 53rd minute of play. In the 55th minute Tiago Ortiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cesare Rigoni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 56 played minutes Alessio Bussi rounded Bandeca FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 3-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Didi Gattoni in the 59th minute of play forced Bandeca FC's goalkeeper Kléberson Soeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bandeca FC's Rui Gaspar was substituted for Caetano Azevedo. After some careless play in the ❤GinchanelManu13❤ defense, Waldir Marquez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cesare Rigoni. The ❤GinchanelManu13❤ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cesare Rigoni should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Didi Gattoni in the 78th minute of play forced Bandeca FC's goalkeeper Kléberson Soeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Bandeca FC's Márcio de Salles got a free kick in the 80th minute. Flávio Arósio might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Cesare Rigoni. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Flávio Arósio ran back to his position shaking his head. Kléberson Soeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Didi Gattoni in the 90th minute of play. Alessio Bussi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 95 played minutes Bandeca FC got a freekick which was hit by Tiago Ortiz. Tiago Ortiz scored 5-2 in the 97th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cesare Rigoni, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. ❤GinchanelManu13❤'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.