U23 World League

Des. António Reis
Spectators: 7637 (Terracing: 5729, Seating: 1756, VIP seats: 152) Júlio Seabra started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 11 minutes into the game, KINGS FC's Júlio Seabra nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sílvio Luís Passos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Germano Tristão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Harry Kane in the 15th minute of play. In the 18th minute Harry Kane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Germano Tristão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Américo Moura notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Sílvio Luís Passos. Sílvio Luís Passos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 27th minute Harry Kane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Germano Tristão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 28th minute of the match ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ got a corner. KINGS FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Doni Vides ran over to the corner to take the kick. ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Doni Vides in the 32nd minute. Vitinho das Neves hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Sílvio Luís Passos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Júlio Seabra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Germano Tristão came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Cléber Azevedo. But to his dismay, Cléber Azevedo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Sílvio Luís Passos was a little too slow when Júlio Seabra got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 40th minute. The score was now 3-1. Américo Moura's late challenge caught a ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Américo Moura helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th match minute, KINGS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Américo Moura to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Harry Kane made a kick off. Harry Kane received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Germano Tristão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 58th minute Dino Pontes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Germano Tristão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59thth minute of the game Harry Kane who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KINGS FC's Germano Tristão was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Germano Tristão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilmar de Brito in the 60th minute of play. In the 63rd minute, Gilmar de Brito hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sílvio Luís Passos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virgílio Moita, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Germano Tristão was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Gilmar de Brito showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-2 in the 68 minute of play. 72 minutes into the match, Júlio Seabra had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sílvio Luís Passos. ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Júlio Seabra was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Harry Kane got free with Germano Tristão in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 78 played minutes ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ got a freekick which was hit by Dino Pontes. Sílvio Luís Passos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Virgílio Moita in the 81st minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Harry Kane in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Germano Tristão saved KINGS FC from getting behind. In the 84th match minute, KINGS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adélio Bacelar to maneuver through the defense. Germano Tristão was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Doni Vides. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. KINGS FC fully deserved thier win.