U18 World League

Ninho da Águia
Spectators: 7441 (Terracing: 5582, Seating: 1711, VIP seats: 148) RWD Molenbeek's Tomé Nogueira started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Tomé Nogueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rômulo Neiva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomé Nogueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 16 minutes into the match, Fabinho Simão notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Flores da Cunha - RS's Rômulo Neiva. Rômulo Neiva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tomé Nogueira scored 0-2 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rômulo Neiva, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tomé Nogueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35th match minute, Flores da Cunha - RS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Júlio Breckenfeld to maneuver through the defense. Sílvio Luiz Pinheiro was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 37th minute. Flores da Cunha - RS's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Vânderson Santana kicked well hit freekick during the 38th minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, Flores da Cunha - RS's goal looked a bit too open when Fabinho Simão came free, but Rômulo Neiva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Tomé Nogueira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rômulo Neiva was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. 46 minutes into the game, Vânderson Santana cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Rômulo Neiva was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marco Gonçalves stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Flores da Cunha - RS's Ernesto Jacinto got a free kick in the 56th minute. Tomé Nogueira's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Rômulo Neiva firmly grabbed it by the left post. Miguel de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Gonçalves, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. With a little luck, Flores da Cunha - RS's Rômulo Neiva got control of the ball when Tomé Nogueira tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Sílvio Luiz Pinheiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Flores da Cunha - RS's supporters rose to their feet, but Sílvio Luiz Pinheiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Miguel de Toledo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. RWD Molenbeek's Miguel de Toledo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Jacinto in the 74th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Sílvio Luiz Pinheiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Flores da Cunha - RS's supporters rose to their feet, but Sílvio Luiz Pinheiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Miguel de Toledo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Edmundo Pires sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Edmundo Pires managed to get in a good position for a shot. RWD Molenbeek's supporters rose to their feet, but Edmundo Pires was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rômulo Neiva breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Fabinho Simão came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the RWD Molenbeek 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 Fabinho Simão couldn't finish the play. After 95 played minutes Flores da Cunha - RS got a freekick which was hit by Marco Gonçalves. When the match was over RWD Molenbeek could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Flores da Cunha - RS throughout the match.