U18 World League

Arena Prezulo
Spectators: 7717 (Terracing: 5789, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ronaldo Nazário De Lima started the match with the kick off. The supporters of PREZULO FC booed when ACF Fiorentina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raul Mergildo didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of ACF Fiorentina booed when PREZULO FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cesinha Capixaba didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 10 minutes of play, ACF Fiorentina's Ariel Chale made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dida Brasil was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mané Corrêa charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mané Corrêa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 19 played minutes PREZULO FC got a freekick which was hit by Mané Corrêa. 19 minutes into the game, one of PREZULO FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Dida Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saturnino Inko, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Maximo Gasteiz made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Franklin Garcia sent off a good shot on target. Juan Chabier hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Franklin Garcia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Maximo Gasteiz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dida Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Horacio Egoi in the 48th minute of the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Saturnino Inko to make the kick off. Horacio Egoi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 55thth minute, Dida Brasil skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. PREZULO FC's Dida Brasil proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save PREZULO FC from getting a goal against them. Dida Brasil made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saturnino Inko in the 59th minute of play. In the 60th minute, Mané Corrêa made a precise shot to the right of Maximo Gasteiz. ACF Fiorentina's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. 63 minutes into the match, ACF Fiorentina's goal looked a bit too open when Mané Corrêa came free, but Maximo Gasteiz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dida Brasil took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saturnino Inko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ariel Chale hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saturnino Inko in the 68th minute of play forced PREZULO FC's goalkeeper Dida Brasil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PREZULO FC's Dida Brasil proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save PREZULO FC from getting a goal against them. In the 74th minute Saturnino Inko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Brasil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emerson Rosa kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. The supporters of ACF Fiorentina booed when PREZULO FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Renan Mota didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Franklin Garcia in the 85th minute of play forced ACF Fiorentina's goalkeeper Maximo Gasteiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, PREZULO FC's Dida Brasil got control of the ball when Horacio Egoi tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the final whistle sounded ACF Fiorentina left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than PREZULO FC.