U18 World League

Springfield Arena
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Linas Matukaitis got the match started through his kick off. Arnoldas Makelevičius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dorian Catarinense having to interfere. 14 minutes into the game, Microsoft Team's Raphael Pinheiro nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zigmas Mikutavičius made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 17th minute, Linas Matukaitis made a precise shot to the right of Dorian Catarinense. Microsoft Team's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Microsoft Team's Dorian Catarinense proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save Microsoft Team from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ąžuolas Paškūnas in the 23rd minute of play forced Microsoft Team's goalkeeper Dorian Catarinense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute, Luan Pontes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Microsoft Team fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. 33 minutes into the match, FC Karamba's goal looked a bit too open when Luiz Eduardo Netto came free, but Zigmas Mikutavičius reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dorian Catarinense made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Linas Matukaitis in the 36th minute of play. Ąžuolas Paškūnas's late challenge caught a Microsoft Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ąžuolas Paškūnas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th minute, Ąžuolas Paškūnas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The crowd rose to their feet as Luan Pontes kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zigmas Mikutavičius. That made the score 1-3 in the 54 minute of play. The supporters of Microsoft Team booed when FC Karamba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Osvaldas Samuolis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Miglius Pikelis lost his temper 71 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 71st minute, one of FC Karamba:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC Karamba. The referee gave Microsoft Team a penalty, 74 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Miguel Lopes, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FC Karamba's Zigmas Mikutavičius. 1-4. FC Karamba's Zigmas Mikutavičius proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save FC Karamba from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Microsoft Team's Cauã Vinhas got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 82nd minute Luiz Eduardo Netto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zigmas Mikutavičius saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st minute, Luiz Eduardo Netto 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. After a rather tough play, FC Karamba's Ąžuolas Paškūnas got a free kick in the 93rd minute. 95 minutes into the match, FC Karamba's goalkeeper Zigmas Mikutavičius had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luan Pontes. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luiz Eduardo Netto got free with Zigmas Mikutavičius in the 98th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Microsoft Team's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.