U18 World League

EL PASO
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After some careless play in the BLACK PANTHER F.C defense, Guga Jacinto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Christos Kafkaletos. The BLACK PANTHER F.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Christos Kafkaletos should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Lucas Tasso managed to get in a good position for a shot. 20 de Março FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucas Tasso was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Christos Kafkaletos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Jacinto Mendes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eliseu Loyola received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Christos Kafkaletos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When BLACK PANTHER F.C's Christodoulos Maniatis in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye 20 de Março FC's goalie prevented a goal. After a defensive mix-up in BLACK PANTHER F.C's zone, Eliseu Loyola stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Christos Kafkaletos came out of the goal and Eliseu Loyola tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 19th minute, Gerasimos Kamaras had to leave the field with a concussion. 19 minutes into the game, Jacinto Mendes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 20 de Março FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BLACK PANTHER F.C the free kick. BLACK PANTHER F.C's Christos Kafkaletos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jacinto Mendes in the 22nd minute of play. Guga Jacinto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Christos Kafkaletos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Christos Kafkaletos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Guga Jacinto went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Percy Berger's late challenge caught a BLACK PANTHER F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Percy Berger helped the player get up and apologised. Percy Berger kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Christodoulos Maniatis made the kick off in the second half. Claudinei Britto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christos Kafkaletos having to interfere. When Guga Jacinto came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the 20 de Março 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 Guga Jacinto couldn't finish the play. Christos Kafkaletos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudinei Britto in the 59th minute of play. In the 62nd minute Claudinei Britto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christos Kafkaletos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Christos Kafkaletos was a little too slow when Claudinei Britto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 0-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudinei Britto got free with Christos Kafkaletos in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Christos Kafkaletos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Guga Jacinto's shot from short distance in the 73rd minute. A collision led to 20 de Março FC getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Eliseu Loyola hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Claudinei Britto got free with Christos Kafkaletos in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Christodoulos Maniatis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Isaltino Paes having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Claudinei Britto in the 86th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Christos Kafkaletos saved BLACK PANTHER F.C from getting behind. Guga Jacinto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christos Kafkaletos having to interfere. Christos Kafkaletos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claudinei Britto in the 93rd minute. BLACK PANTHER F.C's Christos Kafkaletos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save BLACK PANTHER F.C from getting a goal against them. When the final whistle sounded 20 de Março FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than BLACK PANTHER F.C.