U18 World League

Vladikavkaz
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nicolau Fagundes made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Valeriy Chirkov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Arsenal F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 6th minute, Arsenal F.C.'s Arkadiy Svetlov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. AD Pontassolense's Cesário Sanches played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eduard Florianov in the 12th minute of play. After 13 played minutes AD Pontassolense got a freekick which was hit by Baltasar Miranda. Cesário Sanches showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eduard Florianov in the 20th minute of the match. Cesário Sanches made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valeriy Chirkov in the 23rd minute of play. After 25 minutes, Arkadiy Svetlov made it 3-0 with a short kick to the right side. AD Pontassolense's Cesário Sanches tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 28 minutes, Timur Zuev mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arsenal F.C. and the AD Pontassolense players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of AD Pontassolense booed when Arsenal F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Timur Zuev didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cesário Sanches made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valeriy Chirkov in the 33rd minute. Cesário Sanches made an important save on a dangerous shot by Valeriy Chirkov in the 40th minute. Cesário Sanches made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arkadiy Svetlov in the 42nd minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

If Arkadiy Svetlov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Arkadiy Svetlov came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Arsenal F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Arkadiy Svetlov couldn't finish the play. After 64 played minutes AD Pontassolense got a freekick which was hit by Raimundo Matos. Leonardo Fragoso took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 67th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Pavel Chabanov. Arsenal F.C.'s goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Cesário Sanches took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eduard Florianov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valeriy Chirkov scored 4-1 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cesário Sanches, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some careless play in the AD Pontassolense defense, Eduard Florianov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cesário Sanches. The AD Pontassolense fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cesário Sanches should have stopped the shot. When Valeriy Chirkov came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Arsenal F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Valeriy Chirkov couldn't finish the play. Adelino Vilanova kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. In the 88thth minute of the game Valeriy Chirkov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AD Pontassolense's Cesário Sanches was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 95th minute, Raimundo Matos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.