U18 World League

Turul Aréna
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 5739, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when António Mendes got the match started through his kick off. Adalberto Domingues struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. János Saághy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Academia Monte Gordo. António Mendes charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed António Mendes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Academia Monte Gordo's António Mendes got a free kick in the 8th minute. After 11 played minutes Nimród Vére got a freekick which was hit by Zoltán Pálffy. After some careless play in the Nimród Vére defense, Adalberto Domingues kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of János Saághy. The Nimród Vére fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that János Saághy should have stopped the shot. Máté Ábrahám kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Bálint Fekete kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Adalberto Domingues's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but János Saághy was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. António Mendes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. János Saághy made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from António Mendes in the 32nd minute of play. After having played for 33 minutes, Mihály Saághy managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nimród Vére's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mihály Saághy was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When the match had gone on for 36 minutes, António Mendes put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of János Saághy. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nélson Santiago during the 38th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Academia Monte Gordo's Nélson Santiago got a free kick in the 38th minute. When Academia Monte Gordo's Adalberto Domingues in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nimród Vére's goalie prevented a goal. The Nimród Vére players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Academia Monte Gordo were winning 0-2.

The wind increased when Mihály Saághy made the kick off in the second half. If Israel Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 54 minutes into the match, Nimród Vére's goalkeeper János Saághy had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by António Mendes. António Mendes struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. János Saághy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Academia Monte Gordo. António Mendes scored 0-4 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of János Saághy, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With his leg János Saághy managed to avoid a goal in the 67thth minute, when Academia Monte Gordo's António Mendes fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Israel Esteves received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. János Saághy came out and tried to block the shot, but Israel Esteves slotted it home off the left post making it 0-5 in the 71st minute. 74 minutes into the game, Academia Monte Gordo's António Mendes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. János Saághy made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-6. János Saághy took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adalberto Domingues, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elek Sipos kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Viriato lago made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mihály Saághy in the 86th minute of play. Adalberto Domingues fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without János Saághy having to interfere. In the 93rd minute, Di Maria hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over Academia Monte Gordo could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Nimród Vére throughout the match.