U18 World League

Estadio Albufeira
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5662, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 121) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Veríssimo Vasconcelos took the kick off in the first half of the match. Xavier Junqueira hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After 7 minutes, Florencio Pabla mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 1947 FC and the castro marim cyty players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to 1947 FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Florencio Pabla hit a great ball. João Bezerra who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 8thth minute tested the skills of Mauro Beccari when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in 1947 FC's zone, Veríssimo Vasconcelos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mauro Beccari came out of the goal and Veríssimo Vasconcelos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 1947 FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 12th minute, when João Bezerra scored to the left of an out of position Mauro Beccari, making the score, 1-0. In the 16th minute Yoyo Beccari 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. The audience was convinced that Yoyo Beccari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rui Noronha was relentless in the 17th minute of the game. 19 minutes into the match, castro marim cyty's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Ur came free, but Rui Noronha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 21 played minutes castro marim cyty got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Junqueira. After 21 played minutes, 1947 FC's Simon Ur shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rui Noronha came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in 1947 FC reached it. In the 24th minute, Cláudio Morais hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 25 minutes into the match, Damián Akerman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rui Noronha. castro marim cyty's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Damián Akerman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. castro marim cyty's Rui Noronha played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damián Akerman in the 29th minute of play. After 35 minutes, Cláudio Morais mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the castro marim cyty and the 1947 FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cláudio Morais hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. After a long run with the ball, Silverio Loramendi did a trick in the 37th minute in front of castro marim cyty's goalkeeper, who threw himself to the side. After that it was simple to shoot 1-2. An impressive performance by 1947 FC's Silverio Loramendi! João Bezerra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Mauro Beccari made a huge save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

A hard shot 56 in the game by Yoyo Beccari from a close distance when the talented Rui Noronha managed to make a qualified save. castro marim cyty's players were relieved. castro marim cyty's Rui Noronha proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save castro marim cyty from getting a goal against them. Alfredo Anjos charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alfredo Anjos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 64th match minute, castro marim cyty was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfredo Anjos to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, castro marim cyty's Rui Noronha got control of the ball when Yoyo Beccari tried to sneak it across the goal line. Simon Ur might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rui Noronha. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Simon Ur ran back to his position shaking his head. Mauro Beccari made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Veríssimo Vasconcelos in the 75th minute of play. 1947 FC made a substitution. Zeledon Hug replaced Damián Akerman. 1947 FC made a substitution. Alejandro Duarte replaced Florencio Pabla. 86 minutes into the match, Yoyo Beccari notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of castro marim cyty's Rui Noronha. Rui Noronha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rui Noronha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zeledon Hug in the 90th minute of the match. Rui Noronha made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yoyo Beccari in the 92nd minute. Through an outstanding action, after 94 minutes, Rui Noronha successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post.