U18 World League

SLOVAKIA Stadium
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Alan Gaúcho made the kick off and thus started the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 5 minutes into the game, when José Carlos Varela put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in Barbie Doll United U23 fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 4th minute. Penalty! In the 11th minute Yan Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jozef Sivčo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes into the match, Barbie Doll United U23's goal looked a bit too open when Marek Janáček came free, but Doni Pires reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Daniel Vengloš could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Doni Pires made a huge save. Jozef Sivčo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yan Amaral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yan Amaral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Doni Pires was a little too slow when Róbert Bachleda got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 28th minute. The score was now 2-0. If Yan Amaral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marek Janáček came free with the goalkeeper in the 38th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Doni Pires could save by the left post. The audience was convinced that Ľubomír Semanovič's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Doni Pires was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marek Janáček stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, Barbie Doll United U23's goal looked a bit too open when Marek Janáček came free, but Doni Pires reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marek Janáček in the 58th minute of play forced Barbie Doll United U23's goalkeeper Doni Pires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marek Janáček received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Doni Pires tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Doni Pires took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marek Janáček, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yan Amaral got free with Jozef Sivčo in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Yan Amaral managed to get in a good position for a shot. Barbie Doll United U23's supporters rose to their feet, but Yan Amaral was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jozef Sivčo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 71 played minutes V.K.DRINK Hermanovce got a freekick which was hit by Jergus Adamica. The supporters of V.K.DRINK Hermanovce booed when Barbie Doll United U23 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. José Maria do Nascimento didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 79 played minutes, V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Daniel Vengloš shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Doni Pires 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 V.K.DRINK Hermanovce reached it. After 84 minutes, Gabriel Bohuš mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the V.K.DRINK Hermanovce and the Barbie Doll United U23 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 84th minute, Gabriel Bohuš hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 87 minutes into the match, Barbie Doll United U23's goal looked a bit too open when Marek Janáček came free, but Doni Pires reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th minute, Tião França hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Róbert Bachleda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Doni Pires having to interfere. After a rather tough play, V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's Jergus Adamica got a free kick in the 96th minute. V.K.DRINK Hermanovce's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.