U18 World League

ECS Arena
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Paulo José Borges made the kick off which started today's match. Sandi Patafta stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Paulo José Borges's shot from short distance in the 3rd minute. Sandi Patafta was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Erivaldo Vaz. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladan Nikolić in the 7th minute of play forced ECS FK's goalkeeper Emanuel Ortiz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zé Augusto Pirani's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sandi Patafta read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 12th minute of play. Zé Augusto Pirani was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 18th minute. ECS FK's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Erivaldo Vaz's late challenge caught a Crni Tigrovi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Erivaldo Vaz helped the player get up and apologised. Erivaldo Vaz kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Emanuel Ortiz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladan Nikolić in the 24th minute of the match. Paulo José Borges struck a weak shot in the 27th minute. Sandi Patafta didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ECS FK. After 31st play minutes Luka Grgurović shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Emanuel Ortiz and just under the crossbar into goal. After having played for 37 minutes, Júlio Vianna managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ECS FK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Júlio Vianna was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 46 minutes into the match, ECS FK's goal looked a bit too open when Vladan Nikolić came free, but Emanuel Ortiz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vladan Nikolić to make the kick off. When Erivaldo Vaz was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 52 minutes had been played. Vladan Nikolić was extremely unlucky when he, in the 57th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Vladan Nikolić sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zé Augusto Pirani's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sandi Patafta read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. In the 67th match minute, ECS FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Júlio Vianna to maneuver through the defense. In the 69th minute Vladan Nikolić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emanuel Ortiz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 70th minute, Ljubo Šišić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emanuel Ortiz came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Crni Tigrovi's Luka Grgurović. But to his dismay, Luka Grgurović quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Zé Augusto Pirani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sandi Patafta having to interfere. Vladan Nikolić received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Emanuel Ortiz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zé Augusto Pirani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Sandi Patafta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 95th minute, Edi Rakamarić left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Crni Tigrovi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Crni Tigrovi's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.