U18 World League

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Spectators: 8459 (Terracing: 6345, Seating: 1945, VIP seats: 169) Otto Højskel made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the match, Deportivo Diamante U18's goal looked a bit too open when Otto Højskel came free, but Tadeo Mancio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 3rdth minute of the game Otto Højskel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Deportivo Diamante U18's Tadeo Mancio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Tadeo Mancio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Knut Huneck in the 8th minute of the match. When Randkleve's Knut Huneck in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Deportivo Diamante U18's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Diamante U18's Angel Lico got a free kick in the 12th minute. Knut Huneck took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tadeo Mancio. Tadeo Mancio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Randkleve's Knut Huneck got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 20 minutes into the match, Otto Højskel notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Deportivo Diamante U18's Tadeo Mancio. Tadeo Mancio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 23rd minute, Lázaro Timo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Moritz Illio fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Randkleve's protests and gave Moritz Illio a yellow card for diving instead. In the 26th match minute, Randkleve was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Moritz Illio to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Deportivo Diamante U18's Ramiro Gotzon got a free kick in the 33rd minute. In the 36th match minute, Deportivo Diamante U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Celso Garikoitz to maneuver through the defense. Tadeo Mancio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moritz Illio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Isaias Piearres could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Petter Rykov made a huge save. Petter Rykov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elvio Karmel, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Ramiro Gotzon lost his temper 47 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 47 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Deportivo Diamante U18! Tadeo Mancio had in the 51stth minute some difficulties stopping Otto Højskel's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hernan Nisio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Deportivo Diamante U18 getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Lázaro Timo hit a great ball. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by Deportivo Diamante U18's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Moritz Illio was slow to take the kick. During this time Randkleve's players had a chance to rest. Elvio Karmel tried in the 59th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Tadeo Mancio a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 0-3. Knut Huneck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tadeo Mancio having to interfere. The supporters of Randkleve booed when Deportivo Diamante U18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Celso Garikoitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Deportivo Diamante U18's zone, Moritz Illio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tadeo Mancio came out of the goal and Moritz Illio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tadeo Mancio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Knut Huneck, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute Knut Huneck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tadeo Mancio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tadeo Mancio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Otto Højskel in the 93rd minute of play. Tadeo Mancio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Knut Huneck in the 94th minute of play. The Randkleve players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.