U18 World League

High Ground
Spectators: 7784 (Terracing: 5839, Seating: 1790, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rômulo Andrade started the match with the kick off. Ziemowit Gejda hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 4th minute, one of PTB Football Club:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for PTB Football Club. In the 6th minute, Marcin Bugajski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wawrzyniec Plucinik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rômulo Andrade, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 8th minute Alexandre da Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wawrzyniec Plucinik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Enrique Gerber took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 9th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Wawrzyniec Plucinik. PTB Football Club's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Wawrzyniec Plucinik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandre da Cunha in the 11th minute of play. PIRATAS TFP's attack was well implemented in the 11th minute, but when Alexandre da Cunha was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. Laerte Brasil made an important save on a dangerous shot by Witalis Malik in the 20th minute. Wawrzyniec Plucinik showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandre da Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. 23 minutes into the game, João Vítor de Medeiros cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Wawrzyniec Plucinik was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Claudinho Rossi hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. PTB Football Club's Michal Wierzbicki got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dito Donatello hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Laerte Brasil made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roman Klejnowski in the 45th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Roman Klejnowski made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Rômulo Andrade 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rômulo Andrade in the 53rd minute of play forced PTB Football Club's goalkeeper Wawrzyniec Plucinik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aleksander Pstrongowski hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Wawrzyniec Plucinik came out of the goal in the 57th minute to try and stop a shot by PIRATAS TFP's Rômulo Andrade. But to his dismay, Rômulo Andrade quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. With a little luck, PTB Football Club's Wawrzyniec Plucinik got control of the ball when Enrique Gerber tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 62 played minutes PIRATAS TFP got a freekick which was hit by João Vítor de Medeiros. Roman Klejnowski charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roman Klejnowski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of PIRATAS TFP booed when PTB Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roman Klejnowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wawrzyniec Plucinik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Vítor de Medeiros in the 64th minute of play. 65 minutes into the game, Didi Salgado was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PIRATAS TFP's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave PTB Football Club the free kick. Laerte Brasil came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by PTB Football Club's Roman Klejnowski. But to his dismay, Roman Klejnowski quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. In the 69th minute, Dito Donatello hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of PTB Football Club booed when PIRATAS TFP was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Délio Figueiredo didn't get a good kick on the ball. PIRATAS TFP's Laerte Brasil played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Witalis Malik in the 77th minute of play. In the 78th minute, Roman Klejnowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcin Bugajski in the 81st minute of play forced PIRATAS TFP's goalkeeper Laerte Brasil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Laerte Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Witalis Malik, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Wawrzyniec Plucinik made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexandre da Cunha in the 84th minute. Wawrzyniec Plucinik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Vítor de Medeiros in the 86th minute of play. In the 90th match minute, PTB Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kajetan Budzyn to maneuver through the defense. After 91 minutes of play, PIRATAS TFP's Enrique Gerber made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wawrzyniec Plucinik was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched PIRATAS TFP eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.