U18 World League

Lionel Messi
Spectators: 8469 (Terracing: 6353, Seating: 1947, VIP seats: 169) Villaverde Celeste Clube's Miguel Botelho started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd match minute, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Geronimo Harriet to maneuver through the defense. When Epifanio Rayman came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the ARedonditos de Ricota CFK 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 Epifanio Rayman couldn't finish the play. 14 minutes into the match, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goal looked a bit too open when Edson-Arantes Pelé came free, but Fermin Argenis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Denílson de Souza was slow to take the kick. During this time Villaverde Celeste Clube's players had a chance to rest. Villaverde Celeste Clube's Denílson de Souza was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Fermin Argenis in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Augusto Fernandez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geronimo Harriet, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Fermin Argenis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miguel Botelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. 23 minutes into the match, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Botelho came free, but Fermin Argenis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Epifanio Rayman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Augusto Fernandez having to interfere. After 30 minutes of play, Villaverde Celeste Clube's Edson-Arantes Pelé made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fermin Argenis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 39th minute, Mané Garrincha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Villaverde Celeste Clube fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edson-Arantes Pelé in the 43rd minute of play forced ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goalkeeper Fermin Argenis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fermin Argenis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Edson-Arantes Pelé went, in the 45th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. The ARedonditos de Ricota CFK players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Villaverde Celeste Clube were winning 0-3.

ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Ernesto Barros was substituted for Rigoberto Rencio. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Epifanio Rayman made a kick off. Fermin Argenis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Isaltino Arce, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 58 minutes into the game, Epifanio Rayman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Villaverde Celeste Clube the free kick. After a rather tough play, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Epifanio Rayman got a free kick in the 58th minute. Geronimo Harriet recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 62nd minute Isaltino Arce shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fermin Argenis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to ARedonditos de Ricota CFK getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Geronimo Harriet hit a great ball. Usain Bolt's late challenge caught a Villaverde Celeste Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Usain Bolt helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's Usain Bolt got a free kick in the 64th minute. Geronimo Harriet scored 1-3 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Augusto Fernandez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Villaverde Celeste Clube getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Miguel Botelho hit a great ball. A collision led to Villaverde Celeste Clube getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Isaltino Arce hit a great ball. 75 minutes into the match, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goal looked a bit too open when Isaltino Arce came free, but Fermin Argenis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th match minute, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Higinio Aguilera to maneuver through the defense. Miguel Botelho might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fermin Argenis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Miguel Botelho ran back to his position shaking his head. Isaltino Arce scored 1-4 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Fermin Argenis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Geronimo Harriet took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Augusto Fernandez. Augusto Fernandez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4.