U18 World League

Academia RIO
Spectators: 7702 (Terracing: 5778, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Olavo Bastos made the kick off and thus started the match. Rafinha Godoi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iulian Negulescu in the 6th minute of the match. A collision led to Academia Rio getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Nicu Burtea hit a great ball. Vila Mascote FC's Olavo Bastos got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cássio Araújo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Academia Rio's János Oltean in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Vila Mascote FC's goalie prevented a goal. When Cássio Araújo came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Vila Mascote 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 Cássio Araújo couldn't finish the play. When Sever Vintilescu came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Academia Rio 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 Sever Vintilescu couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Vila Mascote FC getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Luiz Eduardo Vergílio hit a great ball. Academia Rio's Horia Berceanu shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 23rd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Rafinha Godoi but with some difficulty. In the 24th minute, Fernando Sabóia 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. A collision led to Academia Rio getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Cezar Jder hit a great ball. When Academia Rio's János Oltean in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Vila Mascote FC's goalie prevented a goal. Perivaldo de Moraes charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Perivaldo de Moraes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 37th match minute, Vila Mascote FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Perivaldo de Moraes to maneuver through the defense. Perivaldo de Moraes kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Rodriguinho Ceresso hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sever Vintilescu to make the kick off. When Fábio Pena fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vila Mascote FC's protests and gave Fábio Pena a yellow card for diving instead. Sever Vintilescu scored 1-0 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rafinha Godoi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Academia Rio's János Oltean got a free kick in the 55th minute. Olavo Bastos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Iurie Mutu firmly grabbed it by the left post. When Fernando Sabóia fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vila Mascote FC's protests and gave Fernando Sabóia a yellow card for diving instead. Academia Rio's Costin Chilian was substituted for Horia Berceanu. In the 61st match minute, Vila Mascote FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fernando Sabóia to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute, Sever Vintilescu made a precise shot to the right of Rafinha Godoi. Vila Mascote FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Vila Mascote FC's Guilherme Pombal was substituted for Fernando Sabóia. Rafinha Godoi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iulian Negulescu in the 84th minute of play. After having played for 87 minutes, Iulian Negulescu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Academia Rio's supporters crossed their fingers, but Iulian Negulescu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 92nd minute, Cássio Araújo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 93rd minute, János Oltean sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Vila Mascote FC's Rafinha Godoi didn't even have to move. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Academia Rio had played much better football throughout.