U18 World League

Inferno Tuga
Spectators: 7495 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Sporting Tuga FC's Normando Garcez 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. Moisés Valentim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Menno Hoogendorp in the 3rd minute of play. Ben Spierenburg charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ben Spierenburg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Verwachting getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Ben Spierenburg hit a great ball. Menno Hoogendorp struck a weak shot in the 6th minute. Moisés Valentim didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Verwachting. Cândido Cesário hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 10th match minute, Verwachting was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Domenik Kromkamp to maneuver through the defense. Normando Garcez succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 15th playminute. Pedro Soveral hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Moisés Valentim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Oscar Vaalman in the 20th minute of play. After 23 minutes of play, Verwachting's Hans van Gaal made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Moisés Valentim was left in no man's land by his defense there! 26 minutes into the match, Normando Garcez dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ron Lammers, 2-1. Moisés Valentim showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Menno Hoogendorp, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. After 32 played minutes Sporting Tuga FC got a freekick which was hit by Jacob Miranda. Oscar Vaalman scored 2-2 in the 33rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Moisés Valentim, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Sporting Tuga FC's Cândido Cesário got a free kick in the 39th minute. After a rather tough play, Verwachting's Domenik Kromkamp got a free kick in the 40th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Heitor Carvalhais got free with Ron Lammers in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 42 minutes into the game, Oscar Vaalman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-3. Moisés Valentim was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Menno Hoogendorp made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cândido Cesário in the 54th minute of play forced Verwachting's goalkeeper Ron Lammers to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Menno Hoogendorp sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Moisés Valentim made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Oscar Vaalman sent off a good shot on target. Menno Hoogendorp sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ed Bijlsma got free with Moisés Valentim in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Sporting Tuga FC's Moisés Valentim proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Sporting Tuga FC from getting a goal against them. After 64 minutes of play, Sporting Tuga FC's Normando Garcez made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ron Lammers was left in no man's land by his defense there! Oscar Vaalman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jacob Miranda's late challenge caught a Verwachting's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jacob Miranda helped the player get up and apologised. In the 80th match minute, Sporting Tuga FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacob Miranda to maneuver through the defense. If Menno Hoogendorp had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 87th match minute, Verwachting was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilfred Bemmel to maneuver through the defense. Pedro Soveral kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. Isac Álvares was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 98 minutes into the match. Moisés Valentim was out of position in the 99 minute of play, and Ed Bijlsma capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ed Bijlsma really showed his touch with that goal: 3-5. The Verwachting players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.