U18 World League

Cruz de Malta
Spectators: 7527 (Terracing: 5646, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rafael de Godoi started the match with the kick off. Cirilo Tebaldo made a fantastic save in the 5th minute, when Rafael de Godoi sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Pink Floyd's Aaron Jon got a free kick in the 7th minute. Cirilo Tebaldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Álvaro Proença in the 11th minute of the match. A collision led to Pink Floyd getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Aaron Jon hit a great ball. 16 minutes into the game, Rafael de Godoi lined in a short shot 1-0 behind a frustrated Cirilo Tebaldo. Simon Ferrer was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 23 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 23rd minute of the game. One of Pink Floyd:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Three Lions FC:s goal. When Ricardinho Pirani fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Three Lions FC's protests and gave Ricardinho Pirani a yellow card for diving instead. Ricardinho Pirani hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. A collision led to Pink Floyd getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Fernando Gartxot hit a great ball. Cirilo Tebaldo was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Guto Brodel. Cirilo Tebaldo was a little too slow when Álvaro Proença got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 3-0. 38 minutes into the match, Pink Floyd's goalkeeper Cirilo Tebaldo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rafael de Godoi. 39 minutes into the match, Three Lions FC's Bernardo Leal sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cirilo Tebaldo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cirilo Tebaldo made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Rafael de Godoi sent off a good shot on target. Rafael de Godoi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Cirilo Tebaldo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The wind increased when Artemio Peyo made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 53 minutes, Artemio Peyo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pink Floyd's supporters crossed their fingers, but Artemio Peyo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Pink Floyd getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Felipe Galtero hit a great ball. Cirilo Tebaldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rafael de Godoi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pink Floyd's Cirilo Tebaldo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael de Godoi in the 64th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Bernardo Leal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cirilo Tebaldo was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Cirilo Tebaldo didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Three Lions FC's Rafael de Godoi shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-0 in the ordered_time% minute. When Aaron Jon fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pink Floyd's protests and gave Aaron Jon a yellow card for diving instead. Aaron Jon kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. When Three Lions FC's Álvaro Proença in the 73rd minute got a chance for a shot 73rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pink Floyd's goalie prevented a goal. Rafael de Godoi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cirilo Tebaldo having to interfere. Mathias Gonçalves recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Bernardo Leal recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cirilo Tebaldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Álvaro Proença in the 79th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Álvaro Proença in the 82nd minute of play forced Pink Floyd's goalkeeper Cirilo Tebaldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pink Floyd's Cirilo Tebaldo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Álvaro Proença in the 84th minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Pink Floyd's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael de Godoi came free, but Cirilo Tebaldo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cirilo Tebaldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafael de Godoi, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. Cirilo Tebaldo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardo Leal in the 90th minute of the match. 92 minutes into the game, Rafael de Godoi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Cirilo Tebaldo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cirilo Tebaldo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Leal, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Three Lions FC fully deserved thier win.