U18 World League

Bruly
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Zé Carlos Mendonça got the match started through his kick off. Breno de Carvalho's late challenge caught a Bruly's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Breno de Carvalho helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, TaTeRo Boys's Breno de Carvalho got a free kick in the 9th minute. Mathias-Alexander De Block took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Breno de Carvalho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mathias-Alexander De Block came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by TaTeRo Boys's Breno de Carvalho. But to his dismay, Breno de Carvalho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Bruly's Mathias-Alexander De Block played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Carlos Mendonça in the 27th minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, TaTeRo Boys's goal looked a bit too open when Luc Van Linthaut came free, but Frank Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31st minute, Dudu Cunha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rd minute, Breno de Carvalho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mathias-Alexander De Block was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 36 minutes into the game, TaTeRo Boys's Breno de Carvalho nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mathias-Alexander De Block made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. In the 47th match minute, TaTeRo Boys was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thiago Rodrigues to maneuver through the defense. After the first half TaTeRo Boys were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luc Van Linthaut stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Breno de Carvalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to TaTeRo Boys getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Rafael Netto hit a great ball. Frank Simões stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luc Van Linthaut's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Mathias-Alexander De Block made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Carlos Mendonça in the 60th minute of play. A collision led to TaTeRo Boys getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Luan Amorim hit a great ball. Frank Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matthieu Van den Berge in the 63rd minute of the match. Zé Carlos Mendonça scored 0-4 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mathias-Alexander De Block, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Breno de Carvalho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Mathias-Alexander De Block tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 72 minutes, Rafael Netto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the TaTeRo Boys and the Bruly players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 72nd minute, Rafael Netto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 80th minute of the match TaTeRo Boys got a corner. Bruly's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Arnaldo Sena ran over to the corner to take the kick. With a little luck, Bruly's Mathias-Alexander De Block got control of the ball when Zé Carlos Mendonça tried to sneak it across the goal line. In a very dangerous position, a player in Bruly fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 86th minute. Penalty! Mathias-Alexander De Block made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Carlos Mendonça in the 91st minute of play. In the 97th minute, Breno de Carvalho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TaTeRo Boys fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched TaTeRo Boys eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.