U18 World League

Springfield Stadium
Spectators: 7734 (Terracing: 5802, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Luisão Sabóia took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ismael Castro charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ismael Castro the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 6th minute, Ismael Castro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. José Vítor de Azevedo was extremely unlucky when he, in the 12th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. After some fancy dribbling in the 14th minute, Abdelhamid Menguellet managed to get in a good position for a shot. Salmiyah Power's supporters rose to their feet, but Abdelhamid Menguellet was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Conrado Linares breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 15th match minute, Ibirama Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Eduardo Amorim to maneuver through the defense. José Vítor de Azevedo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Larbi Deghmani having to make a save. After having played for 18 minutes, Amrani Bezzaz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Salmiyah Power's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amrani Bezzaz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 25thth minute of the game Abdelhamid Menguellet who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ibirama Futebol Clube's Conrado Linares was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Djamel Zerguelaine had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. José Vítor de Azevedo's late challenge caught a Salmiyah Power's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. José Vítor de Azevedo helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Ibirama Futebol Clube getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. José Vítor de Azevedo hit a great ball. Abdelhamid Menguellet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Djamel Zerguelaine sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Abdelhamid Menguellet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Ibirama Futebol Clube's zone, Abdelhamid Menguellet stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Conrado Linares came out of the goal and Abdelhamid Menguellet tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of Ibirama Futebol Clube:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Salmiyah Power:s goal. In the 48th minute there was a penalty for Salmiyah Power. Kamel Horr stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Conrado Linares. 0-1. After the first half Salmiyah Power were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Abdelhamid Menguellet stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 58 minutes into the match, Luisão Sabóia notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Salmiyah Power's Larbi Deghmani. Larbi Deghmani was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. José Vítor de Azevedo succeeded in the game's 61st minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. Hameur Aribi kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Ibirama Futebol Clube's José Vítor de Azevedo got a free kick in the 68th minute. Salmiyah Power made a substitution. Mohamed Bensaoula replaced Djamel Zerguelaine. When Amrani Bezzaz fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Salmiyah Power's protests and gave Amrani Bezzaz a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Salmiyah Power getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Amrani Bezzaz hit a great ball. Larbi Deghmani showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luisão Sabóia in the 79th minute of the match. Kamel Horr kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Luisão Sabóia scored 3-1 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Larbi Deghmani, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 84th match minute, Ibirama Futebol Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maurício Queirós to maneuver through the defense. Ibirama Futebol Clube were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Salmiyah Power for a fine match.