U18 World League

Des. António Reis
Spectators: 7547 (Terracing: 5662, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) Sigvard Björk started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Amílcar Fragoso kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Roger Glanselius sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of FC Blueskatterna booed when KINGS FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Caio Menezes didn't get a good kick on the ball. 9 minutes into the game, FC Blueskatterna's Sigvard Björk nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcelo Baldaia made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Christian Drewitz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Juliano Mendonça's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. In the 17th minute Caio Menezes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christian Drewitz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Blueskatterna's Christian Drewitz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save FC Blueskatterna from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Diogo Ponte got free with Christian Drewitz in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 26 minutes of play, FC Blueskatterna's Sigvard Björk made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelo Baldaia was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 33rd minute, Joakim Ahlström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juliano Mendonça sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. FC Blueskatterna's Christian Drewitz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save FC Blueskatterna from getting a goal against them. Christian Drewitz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Juliano Mendonça went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Ingvar Molander kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. When Afonso Paiva came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the KINGS FC 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 Afonso Paiva couldn't finish the play. 47 minutes into the match, FC Blueskatterna's goal looked a bit too open when Caio Menezes came free, but Christian Drewitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luís Vilas Boas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Roger Glanselius came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the FC Blueskatterna 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 Roger Glanselius couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Luís Vilas Boas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christian Drewitz was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. 57 minutes into the match, FC Blueskatterna's goal looked a bit too open when Diogo Ponte came free, but Christian Drewitz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcelo Baldaia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Åke Offendahl, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christian Drewitz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís Vilas Boas went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Christian Drewitz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís Vilas Boas went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amílcar Fragoso in the 79th minute of play forced FC Blueskatterna's goalkeeper Christian Drewitz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 82 minutes of play, KINGS FC's Afonso Paiva made it 5-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christian Drewitz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Diogo Ponte scored 6-2 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Christian Drewitz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Roger Glanselius blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marcelo Baldaia having to make a save. FC Blueskatterna's Christian Drewitz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amílcar Fragoso in the 94th minute of play. 7-2 became the score in the 95th minute when Luís Vilas Boas elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. There was no doubt that KINGS FC were the better team. KINGS FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.