U18 World League

Dream team
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Duarte de Almeida made the kick off and thus started the match. Valcho Avramov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Duarte de Almeida in the 7th minute of play. Joel Ortiz hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. União dos 7 FC's Luís Botelho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save União dos 7 FC from getting a goal against them. Joel Ortiz hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. 15 minutes into the match, União dos 7 FC's goalkeeper Luís Botelho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kubrat Shehtanov. In the 21st match minute, União dos 7 FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Ortiz to maneuver through the defense. In the 24thth minute of the game Lilcho Dragiyski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but União dos 7 FC's Luís Botelho was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 26th minute, Duarte de Almeida made a precise shot to the right of Valcho Avramov. Blue avalanche's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Spiro Getzov's late challenge caught a União dos 7 FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Spiro Getzov helped the player get up and apologised. Caio de Moraes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Duarte de Almeida took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valcho Avramov. Valcho Avramov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. 39 minutes into the match, Trayan Bakúrdzhiev dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Luís Botelho, 1-2. When União dos 7 FC's Duarte de Almeida in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Blue avalanche's goalie prevented a goal. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kubrat Shehtanov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes União dos 7 FC got a freekick which was hit by Dinei Carneiro. In the 53rd match minute, Blue avalanche was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nasko Metzov to maneuver through the defense. In the 54th minute, Caio de Moraes got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 56 minutes, Stanyo Adúrski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Blue avalanche and the União dos 7 FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Blue avalanche's Stanyo Adúrski got a free kick in the 56th minute. Duarte de Almeida scored 1-3 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valcho Avramov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Aírton Garcia kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Trayan Bakúrdzhiev 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. Valcho Avramov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Duarte de Almeida went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. After some fancy dribbling in the 82nd minute, Spiro Getzov managed to get in a good position for a shot. Blue avalanche's supporters rose to their feet, but Spiro Getzov was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luís Botelho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 89 minutes into the match, Blue avalanche's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Ortiz came free, but Valcho Avramov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Duarte de Almeida received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Valcho Avramov came out and tried to block the shot, but Duarte de Almeida slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 95th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched União dos 7 FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.