U21 World League

S.S. Karaboudjan
Spectators: 7507 (Terracing: 5631, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mario Ekain took the kick off in the first half of the match. Wilton de Amaral hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s Celestino Rexino proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️ from getting a goal against them. Santiago Starnes kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. Elano Travassos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nemesio Gorka, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Wilton de Amaral could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Celestino Rexino made a huge save. Karaboudjan's Elano Travassos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Saturnino Santikurtz in the 15th minute of play. In the 17th minute, ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Refik Cumhur fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 19 minutes into the match, ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goalkeeper Celestino Rexino had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wilton de Amaral. In the 20th minute, Aílton Simões hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Almir da Fonseca charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Almir da Fonseca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Karaboudjan getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Almir da Fonseca hit a great ball. Zeledon Salomone's late challenge caught a Karaboudjan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zeledon Salomone helped the player get up and apologised. In the 30th minute, one of ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️: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 ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️. ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️:s Celestino Rexino showed great skill when he stopped Mateus Velloso:s penalty. In the 34th minute, Saturnino Santikurtz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Elano Travassos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 36th minute Evaristo Tolino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Celestino Rexino saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Karaboudjan were awarded a corner in the 38th minute after ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mateus Velloso took the corner. After taking down the ball on Karaboudjan's corner Refik Cumhur fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Celestino Rexino quite easily take care of the ball. ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s Celestino Rexino proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️ from getting a goal against them. 45 minutes into the match, ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goal looked a bit too open when Filomeno Nicholas came free, but Celestino Rexino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute, Aílton Simões hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

Gabriel Fernado kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. After 58 minutes of play, Karaboudjan's Evaristo Tolino made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Celestino Rexino was left in no man's land by his defense there! Elano Travassos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Conrado Acosta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Conrado Acosta in the 64th minute of play forced Karaboudjan's goalkeeper Elano Travassos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️ booed when Karaboudjan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Evaristo Tolino didn't get a good kick on the ball. ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s Celestino Rexino played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Evaristo Tolino in the 72nd minute of play. Karaboudjan's Rafael Godoi suffered a sore thigh after 73 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Saturnino Santikurtz's late challenge caught a Karaboudjan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Saturnino Santikurtz helped the player get up and apologised. Evaristo Tolino sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 79 played minutes ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️ got a freekick which was hit by Conrado Acosta. Celestino Rexino showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evaristo Tolino, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Celestino Rexino made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Refik Cumhur in the 83rd minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goal looked a bit too open when Evaristo Tolino came free, but Celestino Rexino reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Karaboudjan's Aílton Simões in the 93rd minute got a chance for a shot 93rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ⭐️ Never Walk Alone ⭐️'s goalie prevented a goal. When the referee ended the match the Karaboudjan players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.