U18 World League

Diadema
Spectators: 7468 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Saturnino Hug took the kick off in the first half of the match. Efrain Ponciano hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. 14 minutes into the game, Erivaldo Seco cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Norberto Caton was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Saturnino Hug received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Davi Prestes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Davi Prestes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Saturnino Hug, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 21 minutes into the game, Nitra FC's Guto Mineiro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Norberto Caton made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Guto Mineiro's late challenge caught a Sacando del Medio's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guto Mineiro helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Nitra FC's Guto Mineiro got a free kick in the 24th minute. Norberto Caton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guto Mineiro in the 27th minute of the match. Sacando del Medio's Norberto Caton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nelson Toledo in the 28th minute of play. Guto Mineiro scored 0-3 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Norberto Caton, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Norberto Caton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerson Araújo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 38 minutes of play, Nitra FC's Júnior Sá made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Norberto Caton was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 42nd minute Erivaldo Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Norberto Caton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Júnior Sá struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Norberto Caton didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Nitra FC. Jacinto Esquipula hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Erivaldo Seco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Guto Mineiro came free with the goalkeeper in the 60th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Norberto Caton could save by the left post. Norberto Caton made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Guto Mineiro sent off a good shot on target. Sacando del Medio's defense didn't have a chance, in the 65th minute, when Guto Mineiro scored to the left of an out of position Norberto Caton, making the score, 0-5. After a defensive mix-up in Sacando del Medio's zone, Gerson Araújo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Norberto Caton came out of the goal and Gerson Araújo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 69 minutes of play, Nitra FC's Erivaldo Seco made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Norberto Caton was left in no man's land by his defense there! Norberto Caton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guto Mineiro in the 76th minute of play. Sacando del Medio's defense didn't have a chance, in the 77th minute, when Guto Mineiro scored to the left of an out of position Norberto Caton, making the score, 0-7. Celedonio Iraitz fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 83rd minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. In the 87th minute, Saturnino Hug 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Celedonio Iraitz in the 90th minute of play forced Nitra FC's goalkeeper Davi Prestes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Sacando del Medio getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Cristo Erramu hit a great ball. Norberto Caton made an important save on a dangerous shot by Erivaldo Seco in the 95th minute. Nitra FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.