U18 World League

VB TEAM ARENA
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hortêncio Siqueira made the kick off which started today's match. Belotaurus FC's Raphael Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rocco Espinosa in the 3rd minute of play. In the 5th minute, Belotaurus FC's Hortêncio Siqueira ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Brendon Ramos. Brendon Ramos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 10 minutes into the match, Belotaurus FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jessie Tucker came free, but Raphael Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 10 minutes into the game, Fábio Dionísio was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Belotaurus FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO the free kick. After 10 played minutes Belotaurus FC got a freekick which was hit by Fábio Dionísio. Raphael Salgado came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Rocco Espinosa. But to his dismay, Rocco Espinosa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Raphael Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rocco Espinosa in the 16th minute of play. Fábio Dionísio was shown his second yellow card after 16 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, Belotaurus FC's Fábio Dionísio got a free kick in the 17th minute. After 22 minutes of play, Belotaurus FC's Hortêncio Siqueira made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Brendon Ramos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 31st minute, Rocco Espinosa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Belotaurus FC's Raphael Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jessie Tucker in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jose Field in the 37th minute of play forced Belotaurus FC's goalkeeper Raphael Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Belotaurus FC's Raphael Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jessie Tucker in the 39th minute of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rocco Espinosa to strike the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Rocco Espinosa took a quick shot and it went in 2-2 without a chance for Raphael Salgado to make any attempt to save it. Raphael Salgado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rocco Espinosa in the 65th minute of play. In the 66th minute, DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's Jessie Tucker dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. Raphael Salgado was a little too slow when Jessie Tucker got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 2-4. After a rather tough play, Belotaurus FC's Hortêncio Siqueira got a free kick in the 76th minute. The audience was convinced that Jose Field's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Raphael Salgado was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Belotaurus FC's Raphael Salgado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Belotaurus FC from getting a goal against them. Arnoldo Nielsen hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Raphael Salgado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jessie Tucker went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-5 was the resulting score. Raphael Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jose Field, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Spencer Powell kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. DIABLO ROJO CALIFORNIANO's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.