U18 World League

Patria Grande
Spectators: 7736 (Terracing: 5803, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) Pedro Mata made the kick off and thus started the match. Cipriano Chuan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Júlio Lemos having to interfere. Aristides Fragoso hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. In the 11th minute, Cipriano Chuan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Júlio Lemos. The goal made the score 1-0. Victorio Rexino's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Júlio Lemos firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 16th minute, Victorio Rexino 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. AZURDUY F.C.'s Ulises Bastian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Mata in the 20th minute of play. Ulises Bastian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hélio Paião, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ulises Bastian came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Vitória StrikerS™'s Pedro Mata. But to his dismay, Pedro Mata quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Ulises Bastian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Mata in the 39th minute of the match. Pedro Mata took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ulises Bastian. Ulises Bastian dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cipriano Chuan stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 51st minute, Albérico Santarém managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vitória StrikerS™'s supporters rose to their feet, but Albérico Santarém was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ulises Bastian breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ramiro Ornelas hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. 66 minutes into the game, Vitória StrikerS™'s Joaquim Nogueira nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ulises Bastian made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. The supporters of AZURDUY F.C. booed when Vitória StrikerS™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ramiro Ornelas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ulises Bastian didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pedro Mata went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Mata in the 78th minute of play forced AZURDUY F.C.'s goalkeeper Ulises Bastian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Hélio Paião fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Vitória StrikerS™'s protests and gave Hélio Paião a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of AZURDUY F.C. booed when Vitória StrikerS™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hélio Paião didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 90thth minute of the game Paolo Harriet who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vitória StrikerS™'s Júlio Lemos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Vitória StrikerS™ players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.