U18 World League

SMOLENSK
Spectators: 7692 (Terracing: 5770, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Leonid Eremin made the kick off which started today's match. In the 12th minute, Luís Guilherme de Mendonça left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nova Venécia-ES fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Ademir Varela fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Irakliy Khokhlov having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Nova Venécia-ES's zone, Klim Belyavskiy stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Guga Neves came out of the goal and Klim Belyavskiy tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Guga Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Guga Neves was out of position in the 40 minute of play, and Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. A collision led to Днепр ФК getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Leonid Eremin hit a great ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Luís Guilherme de Mendonça made the kick off in the second half. Irakliy Khokhlov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ademir Varela in the 55th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Luís Guilherme de Mendonça during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Nova Venécia-ES's Luís Guilherme de Mendonça got a free kick in the 56th minute. Guga Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vladimir Blokhin, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. In the 59th match minute, Nova Venécia-ES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilton Paes to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice moves Luís Guilherme de Mendonça could shoot a difficult shot in the 61st minute, which Irakliy Khokhlov however easily saved by the left post. Irakliy Khokhlov made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Ademir Varela sent off a good shot on target. Guga Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonid Eremin, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Leonid Eremin scored 5-1 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Guga Neves, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 85 minutes into the match, Rudolf Kotlyarevskiy notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of Nova Venécia-ES's Guga Neves. Guga Neves was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Vladimir Blokhin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Днепр ФК's Irakliy Khokhlov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Днепр ФК from getting a goal against them. Nova Venécia-ES's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.