U18 World League

Slaughtergate
Spectators: 8547 (Terracing: 6412, Seating: 1965, VIP seats: 170) Ricky Rowe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rogério Cardozo, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After 4 minutes of play, Jovens Democratas MZC's Rogério Cardozo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricky Rowe was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dave Linkletter hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. Byron Radcliffe's late challenge caught a Jovens Democratas MZC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Byron Radcliffe helped the player get up and apologised. In the 12th minute, Byron Radcliffe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luiz Fernando Silva didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dane Oldham went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Egg Chasers FC's Ricky Rowe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulinho Fonseca in the 20th minute of play. Egg Chasers FC's Ricky Rowe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulinho Fonseca in the 20th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Egg Chasers FC's Jonny Walters got a free kick in the 20th minute. After 21 played minutes, Jovens Democratas MZC's Benedito Tande shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ricky Rowe 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 Jovens Democratas MZC reached it. 27 minutes into the game, Egg Chasers FC's Dane Oldham nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luiz Fernando Silva made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. The crowd rose to their feet as Egg Chasers FC's Dane Oldham slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Luiz Fernando Silva. That made the score 3-2 after 36 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jay Mullen in the 40th minute of play forced Jovens Democratas MZC's goalkeeper Luiz Fernando Silva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Patrick Toovey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 45th minute, Valdemar Guerra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 47 played minutes Jovens Democratas MZC got a freekick which was hit by Marcinho Sampaio. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dane Oldham to make the kick off. Egg Chasers FC's Ricky Rowe proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Egg Chasers FC from getting a goal against them. The referee felt a red card was in order, 56 minutes into the game, when César Coelho put in a rough tackle. César Coelho hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. In the 58th match minute, Jovens Democratas MZC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by César Coelho to maneuver through the defense. Sebastian Selby blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luiz Fernando Silva having to make a save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dane Oldham in the 59th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luiz Fernando Silva prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 61st minute Egg Chasers FC were awarded a corner. Sebastian Selby went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 65th match minute, Egg Chasers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by John Bowden to maneuver through the defense. Ricky Rowe was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Paulinho Fonseca. A collision led to Jovens Democratas MZC getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Marquinhos Paes hit a great ball. When Sebastian Selby came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the Egg Chasers 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 Sebastian Selby couldn't finish the play. Valdemar Guerra could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 77th minute of the match, but Ricky Rowe made a huge save. In the 80th minute Jay Mullen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luiz Fernando Silva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 85 minutes, Marcinho Sampaio mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jovens Democratas MZC and the Egg Chasers FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 85th match minute, Jovens Democratas MZC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcinho Sampaio to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Jovens Democratas MZC's Marcinho Sampaio got a free kick in the 86th minute. Luiz Fernando Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dane Oldham in the 90th minute of the match. In the 91st minute, Aílton Sousa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Egg Chasers FC's Ricky Rowe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulinho Fonseca in the 96th minute of play.