U18 World League

Arena espartana
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Borja Colidio started the match with the kick off. Luís Fábio Tróia hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Felix Herensuge showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Lopes, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Felix Herensuge was a little too slow when Tony Lopes got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 17th minute. The score was now 1-0. When Dagoberto Guedes came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Cremonese 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 Dagoberto Guedes couldn't finish the play. Davi Veiga's late challenge caught a River Plate ® 9-12's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Davi Veiga helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Cremonese FC getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Davi Veiga hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tony Lopes got free with Felix Herensuge in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 33 minutes into the game, Luís Fábio Tróia cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Felix Herensuge was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 36th match minute, Cremonese FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tony Lopes to maneuver through the defense. Felix Herensuge made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tony Lopes in the 44th minute. In the 47thth minute of the game Paulo Pezzella who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cremonese FC's Natanael Alvarenga was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Tony Lopes made a kick off. With an all-out effort, River Plate ® 9-12's Natanael Alvarenga threw himself towards the right post 56 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Paulo Pezzella, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Paulo Pezzella hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, River Plate ® 9-12's Hernan Cresitobalo got a free kick in the 68th minute. When Nemesio Frisco fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored River Plate ® 9-12's protests and gave Nemesio Frisco a yellow card for diving instead. After 70 played minutes River Plate ® 9-12 got a freekick which was hit by Nemesio Frisco. Dagoberto Guedes charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dagoberto Guedes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Felix Herensuge made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Lopes in the 83rd minute of play. After having played for 84 minutes, Luís Fábio Tróia managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Cremonese FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Luís Fábio Tróia was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Borja Colidio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Natanael Alvarenga made a huge save. In the 94th minute, Huey Acuña hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Tony Lopes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.