U18 World League

Portugália Arena
Spectators: 7654 (Terracing: 5742, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Jasmine Kuch showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christiano Alves, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. After 8 minutes of play, Melbourne 007's Brook Yard made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Álvaro Zanette was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, CA Portugália's Christiano Alves got a free kick in the 10th minute. Bruno Freitas hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. In the 14th minute Brook Yard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Álvaro Zanette saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jake Hunn recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Matthew Whitmore in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Álvaro Zanette saved CA Portugália from getting behind. In the 26th minute, Christiano Alves made a precise shot to the right of Jasmine Kuch. Melbourne 007's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christiano Alves in the 31st minute of play forced Melbourne 007's goalkeeper Jasmine Kuch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Melbourne 007 defense, Christiano Alves kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jasmine Kuch. The Melbourne 007 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jasmine Kuch should have stopped the shot. Jasmine Kuch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedrão Saldanha in the 36th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Christiano Alves could shoot a difficult shot in the 37th minute, which Jasmine Kuch however easily saved by the left post. A collision led to CA Portugália getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Angelo Senna hit a great ball. In the 41st minute Battle Kreck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Álvaro Zanette saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jake Hunn blasted a shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Álvaro Zanette having to make a save. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Jake Hunn made the kick off in the second half. Jasmine Kuch didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pedrão Saldanha went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Angelo Senna kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Matthew Whitmore kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Pedrão Saldanha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Brook Yard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. CA Portugália's Christiano Alves got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 73rd match minute, Melbourne 007 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brock Triplett to maneuver through the defense. Jasmine Kuch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Celso Negri in the 75th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, CA Portugália's goal looked a bit too open when Jake Hunn came free, but Álvaro Zanette reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kane Kennewell kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. Christiano Alves scored 4-1 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jasmine Kuch, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 90th minute, Brook Yard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Brook Yard kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. CA Portugália's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.