U18 World League

White Hart Lane
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jo Timiney got the match started through his kick off. Julian Goodwick showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virgílio Diniz, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Julian Goodwick made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cássio Britto in the 12th minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, Luís Paulo Nogueira notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of T H F C's Julian Goodwick. Julian Goodwick was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 18 minutes into the match, Alex Simões had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julian Goodwick. T H F C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alex Simões was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 24th minute Luís Paulo Nogueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julian Goodwick saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to T H F C getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Basil Rushforth hit a great ball. Julian Goodwick took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sandrinho Xavier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jimmy Hanson got free with Eliseu Negri in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Julian Goodwick made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cássio Britto in the 37th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, T H F C's goal looked a bit too open when Luís Paulo Nogueira came free, but Julian Goodwick reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 46 minutes into the game, Jimmy Hanson was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. T H F C's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave New Loser FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, T H F C's Jimmy Hanson got a free kick in the 47th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luís Paulo Nogueira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Cássio Britto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Graeme Tompkins kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Reinaldo Vargas hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Luís Paulo Nogueira who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 61stth minute tested the skills of Julian Goodwick when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Cássio Britto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julian Goodwick having to interfere. Graeme Tompkins charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Graeme Tompkins the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to T H F C getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Graeme Tompkins hit a great ball. Julian Goodwick stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cássio Britto's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. A collision led to New Loser FC getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Reinaldo Vargas hit a great ball. After 66 played minutes New Loser FC got a freekick which was hit by Reinaldo Vargas. In the 67th minute Jimmy Hanson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliseu Negri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, Ted Wiseman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eliseu Negri. New Loser FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ted Wiseman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. New Loser FC made a substitution. Andrea Shevchenko replaced Cássio Britto. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Paulo Nogueira in the 79th minute of play forced T H F C's goalkeeper Julian Goodwick to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jimmy Hanson in the 82nd minute of play forced New Loser FC's goalkeeper Eliseu Negri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseu Negri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Graeme Tompkins in the 83rd minute of play. After 87 minutes of play, New Loser FC's Andrea Shevchenko made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julian Goodwick was left in no man's land by his defense there! Andrea Shevchenko could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Julian Goodwick made a huge save. Eliseu Negri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jimmy Hanson in the 93rd minute of play.