U18 World League

Santuário do Motivo
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edmundo Ramalho got the match started through his kick off. Adalberto Figueiredo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Higinio Jerano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alexandre Vidal charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexandre Vidal the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to O MOTIVO ⚽ getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Alexandre Vidal hit a great ball. German Manuelo's late challenge caught a O MOTIVO ⚽'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. German Manuelo helped the player get up and apologised. German Manuelo kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. After 12 played minutes, O MOTIVO ⚽'s Dida Guimarães shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lucio Geofredo came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in O MOTIVO ⚽ reached it. After a rather tough play, Florida Gulf Coast's Fabio Jerico got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 19th minute Higinio Jerano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adalberto Figueiredo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Higinio Jerano in the 21st minute of play forced O MOTIVO ⚽'s goalkeeper Adalberto Figueiredo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Florida Gulf Coast getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Clemente Virila hit a great ball. O MOTIVO ⚽'s Adalberto Figueiredo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Higinio Jerano in the 27th minute of play. In the 30thth minute of the game Higinio Jerano who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but O MOTIVO ⚽'s Adalberto Figueiredo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hermengildo Herauso charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hermengildo Herauso the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of O MOTIVO ⚽ booed when Florida Gulf Coast was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hermengildo Herauso didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lucio Geofredo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmundo Ramalho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 39th minute, Oswaldo Rosa managed to get in a good position for a shot. O MOTIVO ⚽'s supporters rose to their feet, but Oswaldo Rosa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lucio Geofredo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Higinio Jerano to make the kick off. Luís Linhares charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luís Linhares the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, O MOTIVO ⚽'s Luís Linhares got a free kick in the 62nd minute. 64 minutes into the game, one of O MOTIVO ⚽:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 68th match minute, Florida Gulf Coast was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeremias Guifre to maneuver through the defense. Edmundo Ramalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucio Geofredo having to interfere. Waldemar Tande kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Manuel Maciel kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. In the 88th minute, Edmundo Ramalho made a precise shot to the right of Lucio Geofredo. Florida Gulf Coast's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 92nd minute, Edmundo Ramalho 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. Oswaldo Rosa struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Lucio Geofredo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for O MOTIVO ⚽. Lucio Geofredo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmundo Ramalho in the 95th minute of play. When Edmundo Ramalho came up free with the goalie in the 98th minute, the O MOTIVO ⚽ 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 Edmundo Ramalho couldn't finish the play.