U18 World League

Galaxy Arena
Spectators: 7642 (Terracing: 5733, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Mateus Paraibano kicked off to start the match. Giovanni Ben Yochay struck a weak shot in the 15th minute. Glauco Soeiro didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for G.R.. 25 minutes into the match, Ben-Ami Amran notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Elite™- FC Galácticos's Glauco Soeiro. Glauco Soeiro was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Glauco Soeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yuval Laban, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as João Pedro Goiano kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rozen Lipsky. That made the score 1-1 in the 40 minute of play. The audience was convinced that Mateus Paraibano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rozen Lipsky was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Elite™- FC Galácticos's Glauco Soeiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Yuval Laban in the 45th minute of play. In the 47th match minute, G.R. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gershon Uzan to maneuver through the defense. In the 48th minute, Elite™- FC Galácticos's Mateus Paraibano dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The supporters of Elite™- FC Galácticos booed when G.R. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ben-Ami Amran didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 71st minute of the game. One of Elite™- FC Galácticos:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of G.R.:s goal. When the match had been going on for 73 minutes, G.R.'s Giovanni Ben Yochay got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Glauco Soeiro. In the 76th minute, Giovanni Ben Yochay hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Pedro Xavier in the 80th minute of play forced G.R.'s goalkeeper Rozen Lipsky to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81st minute, Yavin Warner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If João Pedro Xavier had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 92 minutes into the match, G.R.'s goal looked a bit too open when Mateus Paraibano came free, but Rozen Lipsky reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 94 minutes, Mateus Paraibano managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elite™- FC Galácticos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mateus Paraibano was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. João Pedro Xavier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rozen Lipsky having to interfere. Rozen Lipsky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mateus Paraibano in the 97th minute of play. G.R.'s players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.