U18 World League

Estadio Albufeira
Spectators: 7458 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 121) Normando Palma charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Normando Palma the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 5th minute, Normando Palma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wieslaw Cerocki in the 11th minute of play forced castro marim cyty's goalkeeper Rui Noronha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 14th minute, Dobromir Klimkiewicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 16 played minutes Ajax got a freekick which was hit by Zbyszek Kaczanek. The crowd rose to their feet as castro marim cyty's João Bezerra slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Walery Nowacki. That made the score 2-0 after 21 minutes of play. After a defensive mix-up in castro marim cyty's zone, Wieslaw Cerocki stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rui Noronha came out of the goal and Wieslaw Cerocki tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that João Bezerra's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Walery Nowacki was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Walery Nowacki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from João Bezerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Rui Noronha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wieslaw Cerocki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as castro marim cyty's João Bezerra slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Walery Nowacki. That made the score 3-0 after 37 minutes of play. After having played for 42 minutes, Xavier Junqueira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. castro marim cyty's supporters crossed their fingers, but Xavier Junqueira 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 47th minute Wieslaw Cerocki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rui Noronha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell João Bezerra to make the kick off. Walery Nowacki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xavier Junqueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 52 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Xavier Junqueira sped through Ajax's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Walery Nowacki. After a defensive mix-up in castro marim cyty's zone, Dobromir Klimkiewicz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rui Noronha came out of the goal and Dobromir Klimkiewicz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. João Bezerra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Walery Nowacki having to interfere. Mateusz Biegun lost his temper 64 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Walery Nowacki stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Xavier Junqueira's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 70 minutes, Rui Noronha successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Walery Nowacki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Anjos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 76th minute, João Bezerra left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The castro marim cyty fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. When João Bezerra came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the castro marim cyty fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that João Bezerra couldn't finish the play. Walery Nowacki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Bezerra in the 92nd minute of play. Walery Nowacki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xavier Junqueira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. castro marim cyty's João Bezerra got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the referee ended the match the castro marim cyty players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.