U18 World League

Inferno Tuga
Spectators: 7546 (Terracing: 5661, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) In the 9th match minute, Belgrano LOS PIRATAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Telmo Zarra to maneuver through the defense. If Emanuel Valente had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Damián Martínez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Valente in the 14th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta in the 18th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Moisés Valentim prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match clock showed 19 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta sped through Sporting Tuga FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Moisés Valentim. A collision led to Sporting Tuga FC getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Alberto Figueira hit a great ball. Damián Martínez made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emanuel Valente in the 28th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emanuel Valente in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Damián Martínez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If António Azeredo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 35th match minute, Belgrano LOS PIRATAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Venancio Cilio to maneuver through the defense. Cândido Cesário sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emanuel Valente stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Moisés Valentim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alejo Elizardo in the 52nd minute of play. Moisés Valentim showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta in the 54th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta in the 58th minute of play forced Sporting Tuga FC's goalkeeper Moisés Valentim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Sporting Tuga FC's zone, Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Moisés Valentim came out of the goal and Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 72 played minutes Belgrano LOS PIRATAS got a freekick which was hit by Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta. After 74 played minutes Sporting Tuga FC got a freekick which was hit by António Azeredo. In the 75th match minute, Belgrano LOS PIRATAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alejo Elizardo to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Octavio Paskal managed to get in a good position for a shot. Belgrano LOS PIRATAS's supporters rose to their feet, but Octavio Paskal was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Moisés Valentim breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Moisés Valentim didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Anastasio Orlondo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moisés Valentim having to interfere. After 91 played minutes Sporting Tuga FC got a freekick which was hit by Inácio Pais. Moisés Valentim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gabriel-Alejandro Batistuta in the 92nd minute of play.