U18 World League

Arena Lady Valkyrie
Spectators: 7523 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Oscar de Moraes got the match started through his kick off. After 2 played minutes Barbie Doll United U23 got a freekick which was hit by José Maria do Nascimento. Cayetano Saturnin, 3 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Doni Pires made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustacio Iztal in the 5th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugenio Muc in the 7th minute of play forced Barbie Doll United U23's goalkeeper Doni Pires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Doni Pires made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eustacio Iztal in the 8th minute of play. Doni Pires showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Uriel Jerrald in the 10th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the match, Barbie Doll United U23's goal looked a bit too open when Eugenio Muc came free, but Doni Pires reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Geovânio da Cunha blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pascual Gabon having to make a save. Doni Pires made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eugenio Muc in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugenio Muc in the 24th minute of play forced Barbie Doll United U23's goalkeeper Doni Pires to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th minute, Barbie Doll United U23's Geovânio da Cunha ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Pascual Gabon. Pascual Gabon yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. In the 28th minute, Eugenio Muc left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. In the 34th minute Oscar de Moraes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascual Gabon saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Doni Pires took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eugenio Muc, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Eugenio Muc hit a great ball. Pascual Gabon made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Geovânio da Cunha sent off a good shot on target. In the 45th minute, Eugenio Muc ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Doni Pires was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eugenio Muc stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Barbie Doll United U23 got a freekick which was hit by José Maria do Nascimento. With a little luck, Barbie Doll United U23's Doni Pires got control of the ball when Cayetano Saturnin tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s goalkeeper Pascual Gabon, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 72nd minute Cayetano Saturnin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Doni Pires saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 74th minute, ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s Eugenio Muc dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. Pascual Gabon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geovânio da Cunha in the 77th minute of the match. After 77 played minutes ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ got a freekick which was hit by Eustacio Iztal. After a rather tough play, ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s Raul Abascal got a free kick in the 79th minute. A hard and well directed shot from José Carlos Varela led 80 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫'s Pascual Gabon became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 2-3. Vicente Meireles charged in rather forcefully in the 83rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vicente Meireles the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Barbie Doll United U23 getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Vicente Meireles hit a great ball. Fernan Arlo charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fernan Arlo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 89th minute there was a penalty for Barbie Doll United U23. José Carlos Varela stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Pascual Gabon. 3-3. Doni Pires made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cayetano Saturnin in the 92nd minute. In the 93rd minute, Eugenio Muc reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Doni Pires. The goal made the score 3-4. When the final whistle sounded ♫♫ OB®E®OS ♫♫ left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Barbie Doll United U23.