U18 World League

Rock & Pop
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) Gervásio Simões's late challenge caught a Nadie nos Para's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gervásio Simões helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd match minute, Gremio Viana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gervásio Simões to maneuver through the defense. After 7 minutes, Fernando Couto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Gremio Viana and the Nadie nos Para players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fernando Couto hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Jonathan Berto, 8 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Berto in the 10th minute of play forced Gremio Viana's goalkeeper Eurico Figueira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner led Nadie nos Para's Jonathan Berto to fire away a dangerous shot which Eurico Figueira despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Jonathan Berto came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the Nadie nos Para fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jonathan Berto couldn't finish the play. Gremio Viana's Eurico Figueira proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save Gremio Viana from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Nadie nos Para's Jonathan Berto slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eurico Figueira. That made the score 1-0 after 34 minutes of play. The supporters of Gremio Viana booed when Nadie nos Para was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Timoteo Joanes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pedro Paz charged in rather forcefully in the 39th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pedro Paz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Pedro Paz kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Nadie nos Para's zone, Filipe Quinaz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bonifacio Errolan came out of the goal and Filipe Quinaz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 43rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Nadie nos Para's goalkeeper Bonifacio Errolan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Eurico Figueira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Berto, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Manuel Fernandes was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Filipe Quinaz got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Manuel Fernandes took the ball and in the 53 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bonifacio Errolan. Bonifacio Errolan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jonathan Berto in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eurico Figueira saved Gremio Viana from getting behind. Manuel Fernandes's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bonifacio Errolan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. Nadie nos Para's Jacinto Fagildo was substituted for Vladimiro Reyes. Nadie nos Para made a substitution. Modesto Nesto replaced Jonathan Berto. Modesto Nesto took the ball and in the 67 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eurico Figueira. Eurico Figueira dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. When the match had gone on for 74 minutes, Jacinto Fagildo put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Eurico Figueira. In the 78th minute, Modesto Nesto left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Nadie nos Para fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-1. Eurico Figueira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Galoer in the 83rd minute of the match. Nadie nos Para's Bonifacio Errolan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 92nd minute of the match, managed to save Nadie nos Para from getting a goal against them. Eurico Figueira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Modesto Nesto, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime Galoer in the 95th minute of play forced Gremio Viana's goalkeeper Eurico Figueira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nadie nos Para were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Gremio Viana for a fine match.