U21 World League

Gigante da Beira-Mar
Spectators: 7649 (Terracing: 5738, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) 5 minutes into the match, Percy Baptista notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Villa Verde FC's Jacinto Figueiredo. Jacinto Figueiredo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to Villa Verde FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Richard Esteves hit a great ball. In the 14th minute, Afonso Baiano left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Villa Verde FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Jacinto Figueiredo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hélder Mendes in the 24th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arí Lucas during the 25th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Hélder Mendes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Betinho Lira, 32 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Jacinto Figueiredo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Percy Baptista in the 36th minute of play. In the 37th minute Hélder Mendes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacinto Figueiredo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jacinto Figueiredo made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Hélder Mendes sent off a good shot on target. Arí Lucas hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. The supporters of Inter Gala booed when Villa Verde FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Willian Vergílio didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 43 minutes, Hélder Mendes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Inter Gala and the Villa Verde FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Antônio Carlos Madureira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Eduardo Valle having to interfere. Nilson Sarmento kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. After 48 played minutes, Villa Verde FC's Betinho Lira shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luís Eduardo Valle 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 Villa Verde FC reached it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Percy Baptista to make the kick off. When Afonso Baiano came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Villa Verde FC 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 Afonso Baiano couldn't finish the play. Afonso Baiano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Luís Eduardo Valle made a huge save. Afonso Baiano could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Luís Eduardo Valle made a huge save. When Inter Gala's Percy Baptista in the 64th minute got a chance for a shot 64th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Villa Verde FC's goalie prevented a goal. After 66 played minutes Inter Gala got a freekick which was hit by Betão Lopez. Falcão Esteves took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 68th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Luís Eduardo Valle. Inter Gala's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Jacinto Figueiredo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hélder Mendes in the 74th minute of the match. Jacinto Figueiredo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agostinho Domingues in the 77th minute of the match. Nilson Sarmento was shown his second yellow card after 78 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The long shot by Betinho Lira in the 80th minute really tested Luís Eduardo Valle's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 80th match minute, Inter Gala was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Betão Lopez to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Agostinho Domingues in the 82nd minute of play forced Villa Verde FC's goalkeeper Jacinto Figueiredo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacinto Figueiredo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hélder Mendes, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. 85 minutes into the game, Hélder Mendes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Jacinto Figueiredo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jacinto Figueiredo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hélder Mendes in the 89th minute of play. When Inter Gala's Hélder Mendes in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Villa Verde FC's goalie prevented a goal. Jacinto Figueiredo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hélder Mendes went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score.