U18 World League

Stadion Jui Kuen
Spectators: 7580 (Terracing: 5686, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Witalis Jaroch kicked off to start the match. Benedito Vale hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. A collision led to Curiphila Eagles getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Kiko Mattos hit a great ball. In the 10th match minute, Abandon All Hope was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tytus Turak to maneuver through the defense. 12 minutes into the game, one of Curiphila Eagles:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. After some careless play in the Curiphila Eagles defense, Witalis Jaroch kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Murilo Paiva. The Curiphila Eagles fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Murilo Paiva should have stopped the shot. 18 minutes into the game, Kiko Mattos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Curiphila Eagles's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Abandon All Hope the free kick. After 20 minutes of play, Abandon All Hope's Wincenty Raflewski made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Murilo Paiva was left in no man's land by his defense there! Witalis Jaroch fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Murilo Paiva having to interfere. In the 31st minute, Naldo Costa made a precise shot to the right of Bartlomiej Wykowski. Abandon All Hope's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. After a rather tough play, Abandon All Hope's Wincenty Raflewski got a free kick in the 38th minute. Tadeu do Vale charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tadeu do Vale the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Abandon All Hope made a substitution. Alfred Lipinski replaced Pankracy Burdalski. In the 42nd match minute, Curiphila Eagles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tadeu do Vale to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to Abandon All Hope getting a freekick after 48 minutes play. Piotr Kon hit a great ball. Carlos Augusto Azevedo might have been able to make a better finish in the 49th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bartlomiej Wykowski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Carlos Augusto Azevedo ran back to his position shaking his head. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Naldo Costa to make the kick off. With a little luck, Abandon All Hope's Bartlomiej Wykowski got control of the ball when Naldo Costa tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Curiphila Eagles getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Tadeu do Vale hit a great ball. A collision led to Abandon All Hope getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Juliusz Wisniewski hit a great ball. Naldo Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Bartlomiej Wykowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 79 minutes, Wincenty Raflewski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Abandon All Hope's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wincenty Raflewski 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 80th minute, Walmyr do Valle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Lukasz Walicki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lukasz Walicki in the 83rd minute of play forced Curiphila Eagles's goalkeeper Murilo Paiva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th minute, Witalis Jaroch ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Murilo Paiva was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Wincenty Raflewski put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Murilo Paiva. 93 minutes into the match, Abandon All Hope's Wincenty Raflewski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Murilo Paiva narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Murilo Paiva stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wincenty Raflewski's shot from short distance in the 96th minute. For all the effort they put into the match, the Curiphila Eagles players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Abandon All Hope.