U18 World League

Arena do Trovão
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jano Simões made the kick off which started today's match. If Jano Simões had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Augusto Alcântara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Igor Bolyukov in the 17th minute of play. Sílvio Luís Lucas hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. After 21 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Alvinegro de Tupã! 27 minutes into the match, Alvinegro de Tupã's goal looked a bit too open when Tzvetoslav Vúlchov came free, but Augusto Alcântara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Alvinegro de Tupã defense, Igor Bolyukov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Augusto Alcântara. The Alvinegro de Tupã fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Augusto Alcântara should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Tzvetoslav Vúlchov in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Augusto Alcântara saved Alvinegro de Tupã from getting behind. 35 minutes into the match, Igor Bolyukov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Augusto Alcântara. Alvinegro de Tupã's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Igor Bolyukov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Alvinegro de Tupã's Augusto Alcântara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhelyazko Baldachki in the 38th minute of play. 38 minutes into the game, Zhelyazko Baldachki cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Augusto Alcântara was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Augusto Alcântara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tzvetoslav Vúlchov, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. In the 44thth minute of the game Tzvetoslav Vúlchov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Alvinegro de Tupã's Augusto Alcântara was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tiago Figueiredo's late challenge caught a VN SOKOLI-VARNA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tiago Figueiredo helped the player get up and apologised. After the first half VN SOKOLI-VARNA were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

In the 54th minute, Igor Bolyukov 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 0-5. A collision led to Alvinegro de Tupã getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. José Vítor de Sena hit a great ball. Tzvetoslav Vúlchov took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 57th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Augusto Alcântara. Alvinegro de Tupã's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Valentin Krotev made a precise shot to the right of Augusto Alcântara. Alvinegro de Tupã's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. In the 67th minute, Renatinho Braga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet as Tzvetoslav Vúlchov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Augusto Alcântara. That made the score 0-7 in the 72 minute of play. Igor Bolyukov's late challenge caught a Alvinegro de Tupã's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Igor Bolyukov helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, VN SOKOLI-VARNA's Igor Bolyukov got a free kick in the 86th minute. When Jano Simões fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alvinegro de Tupã's protests and gave Jano Simões a yellow card for diving instead. Jano Simões hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Augusto Alcântara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gercho Nenchovski in the 92nd minute of play. In the 94th minute of the match Andon Traychev sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Augusto Alcântara skillfully saved the ball. The Alvinegro de Tupã fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. VN SOKOLI-VARNA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.