U18 World League

Ninja Stadion
Spectators: 7537 (Terracing: 5654, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Pinhote FC's Herberto Bento started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 7 minutes, Jonatan Blomkvist mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ninjas FK and the Pinhote FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Ninjas FK getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Jonatan Blomkvist hit a great ball. In the 9th minute, Viktor Jansson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ninjas FK's Kaj Askestät played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulino Araújo in the 10th minute of play. Aaron Kvalfält hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. The supporters of Pinhote FC booed when Ninjas FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Joseph Hjeltman didn't get a good kick on the ball. 20 minutes into the game, Nicolau Alvarenga cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Kaj Askestät was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Kaj Askestät showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusébio Salgueiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Pinhote FC's Alberto Domingos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Hjeltman in the 25th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Pinhote FC's Enzo Freitas got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute, Jonatan Blomkvist 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. In the 32nd minute Herberto Bento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kaj Askestät saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jonatan Blomkvist succeeded in the game's 34th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-1. Herberto Bento took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Kaj Askestät. Kaj Askestät dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Herberto Bento in the 47th minute of play forced Ninjas FK's goalkeeper Kaj Askestät to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jonatan Blomkvist to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Ninjas FK's goalkeeper Kaj Askestät had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Paulino Araújo. Joseph Hjeltman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alberto Domingos having to interfere. 61 minutes into the match, Ninjas FK's goalkeeper Kaj Askestät had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Paulino Araújo. In the 62nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Pinhote FC's goalkeeper Alberto Domingos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pinhote FC's Alberto Domingos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonatan Blomkvist in the 72nd minute of play. In the 74th minute, Aaron Kvalfält hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alberto Domingos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonatan Blomkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Herberto Bento scored 2-3 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kaj Askestät, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.