U18 World League

Zinho de Oliveira
Spectators: 7771 (Terracing: 5829, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomás Evarado kicked off to start the match. Max Gilespie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abelardo Monico, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Max Gilespie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Evarado in the 7th minute of the match. 7 minutes into the game, Ewan Hughes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gavião Kyikatejê's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 the free kick. Ewan Hughes kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 9th match minute, StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivan Abreu to maneuver through the defense. Max Gilespie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abelardo Monico in the 11th minute of play. In the 17thth minute of the game Ewan Hughes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18's Apolo Porfirio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Tomás Evarado's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Max Gilespie was relentless in the 19th minute of the game. 21 minutes into the match, Gavião Kyikatejê's goal looked a bit too open when Ivan Abreu came free, but Max Gilespie reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gregor Nelson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18's Apolo Porfirio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 from getting a goal against them. Gavião Kyikatejê's Max Gilespie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abelardo Monico in the 27th minute of play. Ivan Abreu hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Ivan Abreu took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Max Gilespie. Max Gilespie dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Gavião Kyikatejê's Max Gilespie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abelardo Monico in the 41st minute of play. After 45 played minutes Gavião Kyikatejê got a freekick which was hit by Steve McWattie. Gavião Kyikatejê's Max Gilespie played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fulgencio Bingen in the 46th minute of play. After the first half StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rod Reidfurd was the one to do the kick off. Apolo Porfirio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rod Reidfurd, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 56th minute, Ivan Abreu reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Max Gilespie. The goal made the score 0-3. Ivan Abreu's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 64thth minute, Max Gilespie skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ivan Abreu in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Max Gilespie prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Max Gilespie stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Abelardo Monico's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. In the 74th match minute, StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sergio Florian to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute of the match Henry Simpson shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Apolo Porfirio showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Tomás Evarado's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Max Gilespie firmly grabbed it by the left post. Rod Reidfurd struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Apolo Porfirio didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gavião Kyikatejê. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abelardo Monico in the 88th minute of play forced Gavião Kyikatejê's goalkeeper Max Gilespie to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gavião Kyikatejê's Max Gilespie proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Gavião Kyikatejê from getting a goal against them. StarwarsNoAbandona9-12-18's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.