U18 World League

SARUMAN Arena
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) After 4 played minutes Falcor Athletic Club got a freekick which was hit by Marciano Igon. Carmelo Ederono received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Agostinho Soeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alfredinho Peres charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alfredinho Peres the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Alfredinho Peres hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 15thth minute of the game David Elorri who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Flying Dutch's Agostinho Soeiro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 22nd minute David Elorri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Agostinho Soeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Alfredinho Peres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nunez Iruinea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramón Almeida in the 26th minute of the match. Nunez Iruinea made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramón Almeida in the 28th minute of play. Francisco Mazza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 31st match minute, Falcor Athletic Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Atilano Hermelando to maneuver through the defense. Marciano Igon kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Nunez Iruinea showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Falcão Fonseca in the 33rd minute of the match. Nunez Iruinea came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by Flying Dutch's Alfredinho Peres. But to his dismay, Alfredinho Peres quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to Flying Dutch getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Edinho Reis hit a great ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ramón Almeida made a kick off. The long shot by Falcão Fonseca in the 53rd minute really tested Nunez Iruinea's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. After 53 minutes of play Flying Dutch's Alfredinho Peres was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 54 played minutes Flying Dutch got a freekick which was hit by Alfredinho Peres. The audience was convinced that David Elorri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Agostinho Soeiro was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Nunez Iruinea was a little too slow when Ramón Almeida got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 62nd minute. The score was now 0-2. Flying Dutch's Agostinho Soeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by David Elorri in the 67th minute of play. Falcor Athletic Club's David Elorri got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. David Elorri took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Agostinho Soeiro. Agostinho Soeiro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers David Elorri in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Agostinho Soeiro saved Flying Dutch from getting behind. Filomeno Lleir scored 2-2 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Agostinho Soeiro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Francisco Mazza sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.