U18 World League

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Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eduard Panciu got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teodoro Bezerra in the 3rd minute of play forced Romanian Gods™'s goalkeeper Francisc Trăilă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Irinel Poenaru fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Glauco Velloso having to interfere. Francisc Trăilă made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edinho Simões in the 9th minute. 14 minutes into the match, Romanian Gods™'s goal looked a bit too open when Dinei de Amorim came free, but Francisc Trăilă reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Teodoro Bezerra scored 1-0 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Francisc Trăilă, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Shark FC - FSCMZ's Glauco Velloso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduard Panciu in the 23rd minute of play. Percival Matorin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Francisc Trăilă made a huge save. Romanian Gods™'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 29th minute, when Edinho Simões scored to the left of an out of position Francisc Trăilă, making the score, 2-0. Cezar Sfârlea lost his temper 33 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After a rather tough play, Romanian Gods™'s Cezar Sfârlea got a free kick in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute Diguinho Velasco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francisc Trăilă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edinho Simões could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Francisc Trăilă made a huge save. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Teodoro Bezerra was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teodoro Bezerra in the 52nd minute of play forced Romanian Gods™'s goalkeeper Francisc Trăilă to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Shark FC - FSCMZ's Jorginho Salles got a free kick in the 54th minute. In the game's 58th minute Shark FC - FSCMZ's Rui Mandrak took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Francisc Trăilă and thus the score was 3-0. In the 65th match minute, Romanian Gods™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olimpiu Cupșa to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th match minute, Shark FC - FSCMZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aloísio de Sousa to maneuver through the defense. Romanian Gods™'s Francisc Trăilă played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edinho Simões in the 77th minute of play. Francisc Trăilă made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Diguinho Velasco in the 78th minute of play. In the 81st minute Claudinho de Toledo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francisc Trăilă saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claudinho de Toledo hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. 88 minutes into the match, Shark FC - FSCMZ's goalkeeper Glauco Velloso had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Irinel Poenaru. Robert Nițulescu's late challenge caught a Shark FC - FSCMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Robert Nițulescu helped the player get up and apologised. Robert Nițulescu kicked well hit freekick during the 91st minute of the match. 95 minutes into the match, Edinho Simões had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Francisc Trăilă. Romanian Gods™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edinho Simões was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0.