U18 League

Europe Stadium
Spectators: 206 (Terracing: 155, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) Parque Europa FC's Zabal Salgado 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. In the 2ndth minute of the game Alexandre Pires who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Parque Europa FC's Senen Pena was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 7th minute Zabal Salgado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hilário Salgado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Carrada d´Ansiedade FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Rui Valentim in the 9th minute. A nice corner shot did that Rui Valentim got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Senen Pena quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Hilário Salgado made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Zabal Salgado sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to Carrada d´Ansiedade FC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Ademar Prates hit a great ball. 18 minutes into the match, Zabal Salgado notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Carrada d´Ansiedade FC's Hilário Salgado. Hilário Salgado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Albérico Cortez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 28th minute, Pepito Izaguirre left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Parque Europa FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Selmo Alabern in the 31st minute of play forced Carrada d´Ansiedade FC's goalkeeper Hilário Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Parque Europa FC booed when Carrada d´Ansiedade FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Estevão Mafra didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Carrada d´Ansiedade FC's Gualter Espírito Santo got a free kick in the 34th minute. Frances Sánchez kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Carrada d´Ansiedade FC's Rui Valentim couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 36th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Parque Europa FC. With a little luck, Carrada d´Ansiedade FC's Hilário Salgado got control of the ball when Zabal Salgado tried to sneak it across the goal line. Gualter Espírito Santo hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. When Anatolio Gonzalvez came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Parque Europa 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 Anatolio Gonzalvez couldn't finish the play. Hilário Salgado took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zabal Salgado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Senen Pena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandre Pires in the 56th minute of play. If Anatolio Gonzalvez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zabal Salgado in the 70th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Hilário Salgado prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 72 minutes Carrada d´Ansiedade FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Anatolio Gonzalvez who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Parque Europa FC's Anatolio Gonzalvez to fire away a dangerous shot which Hilário Salgado despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 75th match minute, Carrada d´Ansiedade FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Mourinho to maneuver through the defense. Gualter Espírito Santo's late challenge caught a Parque Europa FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gualter Espírito Santo helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Parque Europa FC booed when Carrada d´Ansiedade FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gualter Espírito Santo didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute of the match Anatolio Gonzalvez shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hilário Salgado showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to Carrada d´Ansiedade FC getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Alexandre Pires hit a great ball. Gualter Espírito Santo was shown his second yellow card after 81 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 82 played minutes Carrada d´Ansiedade FC got a freekick which was hit by Gualter Espírito Santo. 82 minutes into the match, Parque Europa FC's Anatolio Gonzalvez broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After 85 minutes, Albérico Cortez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Carrada d´Ansiedade FC and the Parque Europa FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 89th minute, Valery Cardeñosa made a precise shot to the right of Hilário Salgado. Carrada d´Ansiedade FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Hilário Salgado came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Parque Europa FC's Selmo Alabern. But to his dismay, Selmo Alabern quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Selmo Alabern took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Hilário Salgado. Hilário Salgado dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. Parque Europa FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.