U18 World League

Green Arena
Spectators: 7485 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1700, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kristopher Rundle took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th match minute, FC Tunarii was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kristopher Rundle to maneuver through the defense. 8 minutes into the match, Jano Simões notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC Tunarii's Luke Fearns. Luke Fearns was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luke Fearns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jano Simões in the 15th minute of the match. Luke Fearns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jano Simões in the 18th minute of the match. Jano Simões sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Alvinegro de Tupã's Augusto Alcântara got control of the ball when Nath Constable tried to sneak it across the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, Alvinegro de Tupã's goalkeeper Augusto Alcântara had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nath Constable. In the 45th minute, Denzil Sills ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Augusto Alcântara was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jano Simões made a kick off. Rich Francis kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. After 59 played minutes FC Tunarii got a freekick which was hit by Rich Francis. Fernandinho Paes's late challenge caught a FC Tunarii's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fernandinho Paes helped the player get up and apologised. After 61 played minutes Alvinegro de Tupã got a freekick which was hit by Fernandinho Paes. Robbie Land hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Alvinegro de Tupã's attentive Fernandinho Paes managed to snatch the ball when Robbie Land made a throw-in in the 71st minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Kristopher Rundle's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Augusto Alcântara was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Jano Simões fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luke Fearns having to interfere. Fernandinho Paes kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Denzil Sills in the 76th minute of play forced Alvinegro de Tupã's goalkeeper Augusto Alcântara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Denzil Sills kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. José Vítor de Sena hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. When Kristopher Rundle came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the FC Tunarii 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 Kristopher Rundle couldn't finish the play. After 87 played minutes, FC Tunarii's Rich Francis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Augusto Alcântara 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 FC Tunarii reached it. In the 89th minute, Dinei Moraes 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. In the 92nd minute, Denzil Sills hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.