U18 World League

Montjuic
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Duarte de Almeida made the kick off which started today's match. Radowit Gonsiewski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Botelho having to interfere. After 4 minutes, Reynaldo Vaz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the União dos 7 FC and the FC Catalonia players grew even worse after the yellow card. Reynaldo Vaz kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC Catalonia's Rafal Buczko got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 9th minute, Duarte de Almeida ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Edgar Rzeszutko was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Xavi Simmons hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Edgar Rzeszutko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Duarte de Almeida, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Duarte de Almeida notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of FC Catalonia's Edgar Rzeszutko. Edgar Rzeszutko was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 27th minute Roch Ciempa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luís Botelho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roch Ciempa blasted a shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luís Botelho having to make a save. In the 29th minute, Igor Zbikowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Catalonia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Roch Ciempa put it in 3-2 from a short distance just to the right of Luís Botelho. Rafal Buczko charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rafal Buczko the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to FC Catalonia getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Rafal Buczko hit a great ball. Caio de Moraes was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 38th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Luís Botelho was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Radowit Gonsiewski showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 4-2 in the 41 minute of play. Zula Gongola kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-2 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Roch Ciempa stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, União dos 7 FC's goal looked a bit too open when Roch Ciempa came free, but Luís Botelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Igor Zbikowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Luís Botelho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Radowit Gonsiewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the União dos 7 FC defense, Roch Ciempa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Botelho. The União dos 7 FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Botelho should have stopped the shot. When Radowit Gonsiewski came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the FC Catalonia 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 Radowit Gonsiewski couldn't finish the play. Radowit Gonsiewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Luís Botelho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radowit Gonsiewski in the 74th minute of play forced União dos 7 FC's goalkeeper Luís Botelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Radowit Gonsiewski in the 81st minute of play forced União dos 7 FC's goalkeeper Luís Botelho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luís Botelho stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Roch Ciempa's shot from short distance in the 89th minute. After 89 played minutes FC Catalonia got a freekick which was hit by Igor Zbikowski. After 92 minutes, Jairo Saldanha mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the União dos 7 FC and the FC Catalonia players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 92 played minutes União dos 7 FC got a freekick which was hit by Jairo Saldanha. When the referee ended the match the FC Catalonia players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.