U18 World League

Alfredo Welter
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Waldemar Veiga took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marcos Pimenta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Matúš Cuprák went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 11th minute, Ladislav Zemko made a precise shot to the right of Marcos Pimenta. MARINUS MZC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. MARINUS MZC's Marcos Pimenta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ladislav Zemko in the 14th minute of play. In the 17th minute, Josué Souto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcos Pimenta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matúš Cuprák in the 19th minute of play. Marcos Pimenta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michal Kavalec, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Matúš Cuprák hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Marcos Pimenta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Džadoň in the 26th minute of play. In the 28th minute, Ladislav Zemko made a precise shot to the right of Marcos Pimenta. MARINUS MZC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. When Martin Džadoň fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kukova United's protests and gave Martin Džadoň a yellow card for diving instead. In the 32nd minute, Martin Džadoň hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcos Pimenta came out of the goal in the 34th minute to try and stop a shot by Kukova United's František Bogdanovský. But to his dismay, František Bogdanovský quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. MARINUS MZC's Marcos Pimenta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ladislav Zemko in the 39th minute of play. Waldemar Veiga's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stano Cisár read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 41st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matúš Cuprák in the 43rd minute of play forced MARINUS MZC's goalkeeper Marcos Pimenta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcos Pimenta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from František Bogdanovský, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ladislav Zemko to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Ladislav Zemko's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marcos Pimenta was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Marcos Pimenta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matúš Cuprák in the 56th minute of the match. František Bogdanovský received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marcos Pimenta came out and tried to block the shot, but František Bogdanovský slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 58th minute. In the 68th minute of the match, Ladislav Zemko tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Marcos Pimenta saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. MARINUS MZC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 80th minute, when Michal Kavalec scored to the left of an out of position Marcos Pimenta, making the score, 0-7. The audience thought a goal was coming when František Bogdanovský got free with Marcos Pimenta in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcos Pimenta made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Matej Horvát sent off a good shot on target. 91 minutes into the game, Daniel Andrejčák cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-8. Marcos Pimenta was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. MARINUS MZC's Marcos Pimenta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ladislav Zemko in the 95th minute of play. The supporters of Kukova United booed when MARINUS MZC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 97 match minutes in a wonderful position. Felippe Rosa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kukova United's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.