U21 League

Mikheil Meskhi
Spectators: 208 (Terracing: 156, Seating: 48, VIP seats: 4) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jordão Barbosa got the match started through his kick off. If Ed Bijlsma had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Fausto de Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qian Wen Ran in the 9th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ed Bijlsma in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Silverio Mendez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. FCF north's defense didn't have a chance, in the 18th minute, when Naskhida Khatiashvili scored to the left of an out of position Fausto de Almeida, making the score, 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Pura Vida Academy's zone, Arcan Çapan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Silverio Mendez came out of the goal and Arcan Çapan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The FCF north fans' excitement grew in the 31st match minute when FCF north's Arcan Çapan looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Teddy Skak's late challenge caught a FCF north's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teddy Skak helped the player get up and apologised. Teddy Skak hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Ed Bijlsma received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Silverio Mendez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arcan Çapan to make the kick off. Fausto de Almeida showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugênio Teles in the 51st minute of the match. Silverio Mendez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arcan Çapan in the 52nd minute of play. In the 56th minute Jordão Barbosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fausto de Almeida saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugênio Teles in the 61st minute of play forced FCF north's goalkeeper Fausto de Almeida to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FCF north's Fausto de Almeida played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naskhida Khatiashvili in the 63rd minute of play. Silverio Mendez stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arcan Çapan's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. When FCF north's Arcan Çapan in the 70th minute got a chance for a shot 70th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Pura Vida Academy's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of Pura Vida Academy booed when FCF north was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nick Schipmans didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 75 played minutes Pura Vida Academy got a freekick which was hit by Jordão Barbosa. Silverio Mendez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arcan Çapan in the 77th minute of the match. Fausto de Almeida came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Pura Vida Academy's Jordão Barbosa. But to his dismay, Jordão Barbosa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Ed Bijlsma received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Silverio Mendez came out and tried to block the shot, but Ed Bijlsma slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 88th minute. Jose-Manuel Litago hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. A collision led to Pura Vida Academy getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Levent User hit a great ball. With a little luck, Pura Vida Academy's Silverio Mendez got control of the ball when Ed Bijlsma tried to sneak it across the goal line. Silverio Mendez was a little too slow when Ed Bijlsma got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 93rd minute. The score was now 2-3.