U18 World League

Rubens Alves Barraca
Spectators: 7641 (Terracing: 5791, Seating: 1700, VIP seats: 150) Ian Martins started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute Edmund Schoettle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Amílton Urbano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Tiger booed when BRASIL.Sp was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roberto Dias didn't get a good kick on the ball. Amílton Urbano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edmund Schoettle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 14 minutes, Edmund Schoettle managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tiger's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edmund Schoettle was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 19 minutes into the match, Zinédine Stoletzky had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Amílton Urbano. BRASIL.Sp's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zinédine Stoletzky was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Tiger's Kristian Willem Neuling proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Tiger from getting a goal against them. Giuseppe Arantes was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. 29 minutes into the match, Edmund Schoettle notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of BRASIL.Sp's Amílton Urbano. Amílton Urbano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermínio Neiva in the 33rd minute of play forced Tiger's goalkeeper Kristian Willem Neuling to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amílton Urbano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zinédine Stoletzky, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kristian Willem Neuling took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ian Martins, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute, one of Tiger: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 Tiger. Hermínio Neiva shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. When Fulko Schwaderer fell near the penalty area in the 46th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tiger's protests and gave Fulko Schwaderer a yellow card for diving instead. In the 46th minute, Fulko Schwaderer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

Tiger made a substitution. Bruno Mätz replaced Hartmut Weidenhammer. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fulko Schwaderer to make the kick off. Amílton Urbano was out of position in the 56 minute of play, and Fulko Schwaderer capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Fulko Schwaderer really showed his touch with that goal: 0-3. Amílton Urbano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fulko Schwaderer in the 61st minute. If Fulko Schwaderer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Tiger's Ken Raus was substituted for Fulko Schwaderer. Kristian Willem Neuling made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zeca Rosado in the 66th minute of play. After 73 minutes of play, Tiger's Ken Raus made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Amílton Urbano was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeca Rosado in the 77th minute of play forced Tiger's goalkeeper Kristian Willem Neuling to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Amílton Urbano made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Ken Raus sent off a good shot on target. When Otávio Urbano fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BRASIL.Sp's protests and gave Otávio Urbano a yellow card for diving instead. In the 82nd minute, Otávio Urbano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After recieving a nice pass, Tiger's Valentin Loos tried to score from far away in the 83rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zinédine Stoletzky in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Amílton Urbano saved BRASIL.Sp from getting behind. After a rather tough play, BRASIL.Sp's Emerson Barbosa got a free kick in the 88th minute. Kristian Willem Neuling showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zeca Rosado in the 89th minute of the match. Manuel Gebauer charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Manuel Gebauer the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th match minute, Tiger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Manuel Gebauer to maneuver through the defense. Hermínio Neiva's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kristian Willem Neuling read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play. Tiger's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.