U18 World League

Alvaláxia Arena
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cüneyd Nevruz started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Sporting Clube de Gaya's Herberto Corte-Real nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ahmet İlhan Masuk made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. A collision led to Sporting Clube de Gaya getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. João Rego hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, ŦɚȠɚʁ ɃȃҤ₠ ►eryx◄™'s Çağatay Uma got a free kick in the 15th minute. Ahmet İlhan Masuk was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from André Peixoto. Yüksel Beysun took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Carlos Linhares. Carlos Linhares dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Cüneyd Nevruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Linhares having to interfere. A collision led to ŦɚȠɚʁ ɃȃҤ₠ ►eryx◄™ getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Tayyar Kırdar hit a great ball. In the 30th minute Cüneyd Nevruz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Linhares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Murilo Vilhena hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute, Manuel Fernandes reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ahmet İlhan Masuk. The goal made the score 3-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Sporting Clube de Gaya's Nuno Carmo was substituted for Lucílio Parente. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Manuel Fernandes to make the kick off. After 56 played minutes ŦɚȠɚʁ ɃȃҤ₠ ►eryx◄™ got a freekick which was hit by Cüneyd Nevruz. Manuel Fernandes took the ball and in the 58 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ahmet İlhan Masuk. Ahmet İlhan Masuk dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Catarino Bacelar hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cüneyd Nevruz in the 66th minute of play forced Sporting Clube de Gaya's goalkeeper Carlos Linhares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Şerafettin Salti's late challenge caught a Sporting Clube de Gaya's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Şerafettin Salti helped the player get up and apologised. In the 71st minute of the match André Peixoto shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ahmet İlhan Masuk showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Carlos Linhares made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Metin İnanöz sent off a good shot on target. Cüneyd Nevruz could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 78th minute of the match, but Carlos Linhares made a huge save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cüneyd Nevruz got free with Carlos Linhares in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Cesário Veiga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Carlos Linhares made a fantastic save in the 84th minute, when Cüneyd Nevruz sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to ŦɚȠɚʁ ɃȃҤ₠ ►eryx◄™ getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Günalp Bülbül hit a great ball. Çağatay Uma hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Ahmet İlhan Masuk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Fernandes in the 90th minute of play. If Nuno Carmo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to ŦɚȠɚʁ ɃȃҤ₠ ►eryx◄™ getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Çağatay Uma hit a great ball. When the referee ended the match the Sporting Clube de Gaya players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.