U18 World League

Arena Joinville
Spectators: 7455 (Terracing: 5592, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marios Kassianidis kicked off to start the match. Célio Mangueira recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 2nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 4th match minute, BE COOL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vassilis Platonidis to maneuver through the defense. Giorgos Konstantellos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Célio Mangueira in the 4th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Joinville Esporte Clube defense, Vassilis Platonidis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alex Pereira. The Joinville Esporte Clube fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alex Pereira should have stopped the shot. After having played for 9 minutes, Ricardo Arantes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Joinville Esporte Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ricardo Arantes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Célio Mangueira managed to get in a good position for a shot. Joinville Esporte Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Célio Mangueira was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Giorgos Konstantellos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to BE COOL getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Marinos Kakotichos hit a great ball. Bruninho Ferraz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Giorgos Konstantellos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, Ricardo Arantes put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Giorgos Konstantellos. 30 minutes into the game, Célio Mangueira cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Giorgos Konstantellos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With his leg Giorgos Konstantellos managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when Joinville Esporte Clube's Célio Mangueira fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. BE COOL's Giorgos Konstantellos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save BE COOL from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Ricardo Arantes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Joinville Esporte Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Ricardo Arantes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Giorgos Konstantellos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ricardo Arantes kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. Joinville Esporte Clube's Ricardo Arantes got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The wind increased when Célio Mangueira made the kick off in the second half. Giorgos Konstantellos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Célio Mangueira in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 53rd match minute, BE COOL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ntinos Kaltsidis to maneuver through the defense. After 54 minutes of play, Joinville Esporte Clube's Ricardo Arantes made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Giorgos Konstantellos was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Célio Mangueira in the 60th minute of play forced BE COOL's goalkeeper Giorgos Konstantellos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Joinville Esporte Clube's Alex Pereira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Themis Saraliotis in the 63rd minute of play. In the 66th minute, Vivaldo Mattos 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. 72 minutes into the game, Joinville Esporte Clube's Célio Mangueira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Giorgos Konstantellos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Vivaldo Mattos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giorgos Konstantellos having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Ricardo Arantes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Joinville Esporte Clube's supporters rose to their feet, but Ricardo Arantes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Giorgos Konstantellos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Giorgos Konstantellos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaldo Tasso in the 90th minute of the match. BE COOL's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.