U23 World League

Estádio Aguinhas
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tiago Gabriel Arósio got the match started through his kick off. Faustão Gaspar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axl Rose, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cyprian Henryk in the 6th minute of play forced Aguinhas's goalkeeper Faustão Gaspar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 7th match minute, Howling Dawn U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Astor Manilan to maneuver through the defense. After 13 played minutes Aguinhas got a freekick which was hit by Perivaldo Matorin. Howling Dawn U18's Uriel Lauren couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 14th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Aguinhas. If Cyprian Henryk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Howling Dawn U18 getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Uriel Lauren hit a great ball. Faustão Gaspar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cyprian Henryk, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. 26 minutes into the match, Aguinhas's goal looked a bit too open when Astor Manilan came free, but Faustão Gaspar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Astor Manilan scored 1-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Faustão Gaspar, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Vitório Lago could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Santos Hori made a huge save. Faustão Gaspar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyprian Henryk in the 31st minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, Cyprian Henryk notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Aguinhas's Faustão Gaspar. Faustão Gaspar was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Axl Rose came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Howling Dawn U18 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 Axl Rose couldn't finish the play. Faustão Gaspar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cyprian Henryk in the 38th minute of play. In the 39th minute Axl Rose shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Faustão Gaspar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Faustão Gaspar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Axl Rose's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. Godofredo Bordat hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. After 43 minutes, Tiago Gabriel Arósio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Aguinhas and the Howling Dawn U18 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 54th minute, Luiz Gustavo Mota hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute Cyprian Henryk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Faustão Gaspar saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, Luiz Gustavo Mota was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Aguinhas's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Howling Dawn U18 the free kick. The supporters of Howling Dawn U18 booed when Aguinhas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luiz Gustavo Mota didn't get a good kick on the ball. Axl Rose kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. With a little luck, Aguinhas's Faustão Gaspar got control of the ball when Axl Rose tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Howling Dawn U18 getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Moises Belo hit a great ball. Faustão Gaspar came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Howling Dawn U18's Axl Rose. But to his dismay, Axl Rose quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. After having played for 71 minutes, Lefter Sönmez managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Howling Dawn U18's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lefter Sönmez was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Howling Dawn U18's Juan Bittor was substituted for Axl Rose. Scott Weiland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Faustão Gaspar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Faustão Gaspar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Bittor, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. 80 minutes had been played when some careless play by Aguinhas's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Uriel Lauren was slow to take the kick. During this time Howling Dawn U18's players had a chance to rest. The audience thought a goal was coming when Juan Bittor got free with Faustão Gaspar in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Howling Dawn U18's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Uriel Lauren in the 86th minute. A nice corner shot did that Uriel Lauren got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Faustão Gaspar quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 88th minute, Juan Bittor 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. 91 minutes into the match, Aguinhas's goalkeeper Faustão Gaspar had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Juan Bittor. Faustão Gaspar stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Scott Weiland's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. Howling Dawn U18's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.