U18 World League

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Spectators: 7702 (Terracing: 5778, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Conrado Costa got the match started through his kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Theocharis Stavrakakis got free with Ian Brasil in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Clóvis Miranda hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. The supporters of ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™ booed when PicksBattle.com was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Panagiotis Antonakoglou didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stefanos Topoudis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Váldson Terra, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Panagiotis Antonakoglou kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. In the 22nd minute, Waldemar Catarinense hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27th minute, Váldson Terra made a precise shot to the right of Stefanos Topoudis. PicksBattle.com's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 30 minutes into the match, PicksBattle.com's goal looked a bit too open when Váldson Terra came free, but Stefanos Topoudis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ian Brasil didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Panagiotis Antonakoglou went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Clóvis Miranda kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Stefanos Topoudis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Clóvis Miranda, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Panagiotis Antonakoglou stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 57 minutes of play, PicksBattle.com's Christos Nikou made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ian Brasil was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 65th minute, Severino Rodrigues hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Louis Christou in the 66th minute of play forced ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s goalkeeper Ian Brasil to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ian Brasil came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by PicksBattle.com's Theofanis Mouratis. But to his dismay, Theofanis Mouratis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. In the 76th minute, Waldemar Catarinense 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. In the 77th minute, Stavros Skountis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Geovanni Valadares hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Christos Nikou in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ian Brasil saved ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™ from getting behind. After recieving a nice pass, ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s Waldemar Catarinense tried to score from far away in the 82nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Severino Rodrigues charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Severino Rodrigues the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 86th minute Theofanis Mouratis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ian Brasil saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Paulo José Hermes fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s protests and gave Paulo José Hermes a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™ getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Paulo José Hermes hit a great ball. Ian Brasil showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christos Nikou, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After having played for 90 minutes, Saimon Babak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Saimon Babak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. PicksBattle.com were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™ for a fine match.