U18 World League

Portugália Arena
Spectators: 7805 (Terracing: 5855, Seating: 1795, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Didi Pires started the match with the kick off. In a very dangerous position, a player in Altar SK 1283 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 3rd minute. Penalty! Altar SK 1283:s Koray Tokcan showed great skill when he stopped Evaristo Coutinho:s penalty. After 8 minutes, Sílvio Luís de Sena mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CA Portugália and the Altar SK 1283 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th match minute, CA Portugália was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sílvio Luís de Sena to maneuver through the defense. Necip Ünsi's late challenge caught a CA Portugália's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Necip Ünsi helped the player get up and apologised. Ernesto Vargas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timur Kerem in the 13th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Altar SK 1283's Necip Ünsi got a free kick in the 18th minute. In the 24th minute, Evaristo Coutinho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CA Portugália fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. When Jacinto Nóbrega fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored CA Portugália's protests and gave Jacinto Nóbrega a yellow card for diving instead. In the 31st minute, Jacinto Nóbrega hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd minute, Timur Kerem 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. Timur Kerem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Ernesto Vargas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sebastião Koehler in the 37th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Koray Tokcan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 38thth minute of the game Sebastião Koehler who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Altar SK 1283's Koray Tokcan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Altar SK 1283's zone, Umberto Montenegro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Koray Tokcan came out of the goal and Umberto Montenegro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With his leg Koray Tokcan managed to avoid a goal in the 47thth minute, when CA Portugália's Sebastião Koehler fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arif Burak Kalhan to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Leandro Luz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 54thth minute of the game Arif Burak Kalhan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CA Portugália's Ernesto Vargas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Timur Kerem received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Ernesto Vargas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 56th match minute, Altar SK 1283 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zülfikar Babürşah to maneuver through the defense. In the 68th minute, Sebastião Koehler left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CA Portugália fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. A collision led to CA Portugália getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Umberto Montenegro hit a great ball. In the 76th match minute, Altar SK 1283 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Necip Ünsi to maneuver through the defense. In the 77th minute, Didi Pires ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Koray Tokcan was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. The supporters of Altar SK 1283 booed when CA Portugália was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Angelo Senna didn't get a good kick on the ball. Angelo Senna was shown his second yellow card after 83 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Angelo Senna hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cipriano Vidal during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to CA Portugália getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Cipriano Vidal hit a great ball. After 88 played minutes CA Portugália got a freekick which was hit by Leandro Luz. Ernesto Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emrah Uzma, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. In the 91st match minute, CA Portugália was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cipriano Vidal to maneuver through the defense. Jacinto Nóbrega got his second yellow card in the match during the 95th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Jacinto Nóbrega kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Altar SK 1283's Ahmet Rıfat Cihanmert broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. CA Portugália were victorious despite being under pressure from Altar SK 1283 for much of the match.