U18 League

Des. António Reis
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Cristóvão Freire didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Florinio Mendez went, in the 6th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Quentin Albizua made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Januário Durães in the 13th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Diogo Ponte managed to get in a good position for a shot. KINGS FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Diogo Ponte was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Quentin Albizua breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 25th match minute, KINGS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Januário Durães to maneuver through the defense. After 27 played minutes KINGS FC got a freekick which was hit by Caio Menezes. In the 31st minute, Eleodoro Cayuela ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristóvão Freire was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. If Januário Durães had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Cristóvão Freire showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mikel Tobia in the 42nd minute of the match. After 43 minutes, Txomin Suarez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Clube Esportivo Saudade and the KINGS FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Clube Esportivo Saudade's Txomin Suarez got a free kick in the 43rd minute.

The wind increased when Mikel Tobia made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, KINGS FC's Diogo Ponte nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Quentin Albizua made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. In the 61st minute, Mikel Tobia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristóvão Freire was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. In the 65th minute, Zeferino Macieira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 66th minute, when Clube Esportivo Saudade's Txomin Suarez after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with Cristóvão Freire in KINGS FC's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. Marcelo Pedriza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Cristóvão Freire tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to KINGS FC getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Caio Menezes hit a great ball. Quentin Albizua made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Estevão Granja in the 82nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Januário Durães in the 90th minute of play forced Clube Esportivo Saudade's goalkeeper Quentin Albizua to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelo Pedriza charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marcelo Pedriza the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Clube Esportivo Saudade's Marcelo Pedriza got a free kick in the 93rd minute.