U18 World League

Xavascão
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Old BaoBaB Accademy's Ernesto Speranza 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. In the 3rd minute, Attilio Di Tullio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 6th minute, Attilio Di Tullio left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Old BaoBaB Accademy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 9th match minute, Macaco F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cristóvão Leme to maneuver through the defense. Ernesto Speranza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovanni Pinho having to interfere. Geovanni Pinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernesto Speranza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Geovanni Pinho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Attilio Di Tullio went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Geovanni Pinho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Attilio Di Tullio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 25th minute Ernesto Speranza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovanni Pinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Ernesto Speranza notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Macaco F.C.'s Geovanni Pinho. Geovanni Pinho was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Macaco F.C.'s Geovanni Pinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Attilio Di Tullio in the 28th minute of play. After 29 minutes of play, Old BaoBaB Accademy's Ernesto Speranza made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Geovanni Pinho was left in no man's land by his defense there! Attilio Di Tullio scored 0-5 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Geovanni Pinho, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Attilio Di Tullio in the 39th minute of play forced Macaco F.C.'s goalkeeper Geovanni Pinho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Ernesto Speranza had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Geovanni Pinho. Macaco F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ernesto Speranza was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-6.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Silvério de Mendonça stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Silvério de Mendonça shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felice Bobbio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th minute, Felipe Lopes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Geovanni Pinho didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ernesto Speranza went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-7 was the resulting score. Attilio Di Tullio hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. 71 minutes into the game, Old BaoBaB Accademy's Ernesto Speranza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Geovanni Pinho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-8. In the 75th match minute, Old BaoBaB Accademy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Attilio Di Tullio to maneuver through the defense. Cristóvão Leme hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. After having played for 80 minutes, Ernesto Speranza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Old BaoBaB Accademy's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ernesto Speranza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Felice Bobbio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvério de Mendonça, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute, Silvério de Mendonça 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. In the 96th minute Attilio Di Tullio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Geovanni Pinho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 97th minute, Glauco Negri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over Old BaoBaB Accademy could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Macaco F.C. throughout the match.