U18 World League

Estádio Fura Balizas
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) Pragmáticos 1903's Lefter-Can-Gökdeniz Von Euler-Chelpin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Nilmar de Queirós sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tobias Paixão showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from João Adolfo Vander in the 11th minute of the match. Raimundo Custódio didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from José Guarda went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nilmar de Queirós in the 19th minute of play forced FC Fura Balizas's goalkeeper Tobias Paixão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Fura Balizas's goalkeeper Tobias Paixão, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 21 played minutes FC Fura Balizas got a freekick which was hit by Eduardo Festas. A throw-in in the 25th minute of the game was made by Ismael de Queiroz with Naldo Barbosa as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. When the match had gone on for 28 minutes, Julião Barcelos took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Raimundo Custódio to make any attempt to save it. In the 42nd minute, Márcio Vilarinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nilmar de Queirós fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tobias Paixão having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when José Guarda made the kick off in the second half. Raimundo Custódio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of José Guarda's shot from short distance in the 53rd minute. Lefter-Can-Gökdeniz Von Euler-Chelpin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Tobias Paixão made a huge save. Leonel Linhares made in the 64th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by FC Fura Balizas's Márcio Vilarinho. Vito Furlan did an outstanding performance 68 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 2-1 to the right of an irritated Tobias Paixão in the goal. 75 minutes into the match, José Guarda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Raimundo Custódio. Pragmáticos 1903's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that José Guarda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. FC Fura Balizas's Gusmão Lopes was substituted for Gustavo Gameiro. In the 82nd match minute, FC Fura Balizas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo Festas to maneuver through the defense. FC Fura Balizas's Jorge Leite was substituted for Vladimiro Guerreiro. FC Fura Balizas's defense didn't have a chance, in the 85th minute, when Nilmar de Queirós scored to the left of an out of position Tobias Paixão, making the score, 3-2. Tobias Paixão made a fantastic save in the 93rd minute, when Lefter-Can-Gökdeniz Von Euler-Chelpin sent off a good shot on target. Julião Barcelos charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Julião Barcelos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 94 played minutes FC Fura Balizas got a freekick which was hit by Julião Barcelos. The supporters of Pragmáticos 1903 booed when FC Fura Balizas was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Márcio Vilarinho didn't get a good kick on the ball. 97 minutes into the game, Lefter-Can-Gökdeniz Von Euler-Chelpin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Tobias Paixão was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.