U18 World League

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 7537 (Terracing: 5654, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Maurinho Rosado started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Red Bull Magnus's zone, Zahari Bratoev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aloísio Guimarães came out of the goal and Zahari Bratoev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 7 minutes of play, Вежен's Zahari Bratoev made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aloísio Guimarães was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zahari Bratoev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Aloísio Guimarães tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Red Bull Magnus's Falcão Antunes got a free kick in the 13th minute. Aloísio Guimarães stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yuri Velkov's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. In the 15th match minute, Red Bull Magnus was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sidnei Linhares to maneuver through the defense. Yordan Prashtilski kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 21st match minute, Вежен was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sava Vatrachki to maneuver through the defense. 26 minutes into the game, Red Bull Magnus's Maurinho Rosado nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mito Smilevski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Mito Smilevski came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by Red Bull Magnus's Maurinho Rosado. But to his dismay, Maurinho Rosado quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Zahari Bratoev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Aloísio Guimarães tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mito Smilevski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurinho Rosado in the 36th minute of the match. Sava Vatrachki got his second yellow card in the match during the 41st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of Red Bull Magnus booed when Вежен was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sava Vatrachki didn't get a good kick on the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Sidnei Linhares dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mito Smilevski, 3-2. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-2 at half-time.

The wind increased when Zahari Bratoev made the kick off in the second half. Aloísio Guimarães took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zahari Bratoev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mito Smilevski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maurinho Rosado's shot from short distance in the 63rd minute. Вежен's Mito Smilevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Josué Castro in the 71st minute of play. Mito Smilevski came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Red Bull Magnus's Falcão Antunes. But to his dismay, Falcão Antunes quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. 84 minutes into the match, Вежен's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Pontes came free, but Mito Smilevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zahari Bratoev hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. In the 89th minute Zahari Bratoev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aloísio Guimarães saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Red Bull Magnus's zone, Zahari Bratoev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aloísio Guimarães came out of the goal and Zahari Bratoev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Yuri Velkov kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Red Bull Magnus's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.