U18 World League

Adela
Spectators: 7656 (Terracing: 5744, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Real Death Ducks's Keanu Sawyer 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. A collision led to ✞ Fëntanilo! ツ getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Rene Phelipe hit a great ball. After 5 minutes, Nunez Mendebal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ✞ Fëntanilo! ツ and the Real Death Ducks players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 6 minutes, Rene Phelipe mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ✞ Fëntanilo! ツ and the Real Death Ducks players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Real Death Ducks booed when ✞ Fëntanilo! ツ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rene Phelipe didn't get a good kick on the ball. Severino Evis's late challenge caught a Real Death Ducks's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Severino Evis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 14th match minute, ✞ Fëntanilo! ツ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Severino Evis to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rene Phelipe in the 20th minute of play forced Real Death Ducks's goalkeeper Nat Ashby to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nat Ashby stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Florencio Abarca's shot from short distance in the 24th minute. After a defensive mix-up in ✞ Fëntanilo! ツ's zone, Keanu Sawyer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eustacio Juvenal came out of the goal and Keanu Sawyer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 33rd minute of the game Jim Carragher made a throw-in which Rachid Baba Ali Mohammadi played forward. After a rather tough play, Real Death Ducks's Matt Hewitt got a free kick in the 35th minute. 37 minutes into the match, ✞ Fëntanilo! ツ's goal looked a bit too open when Rachid Baba Ali Mohammadi came free, but Eustacio Juvenal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Real Death Ducks fans' excitement grew in the 43rd match minute when Real Death Ducks's Keanu Sawyer looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Rachid Baba Ali Mohammadi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eustacio Juvenal having to interfere. Real Death Ducks's Nat Ashby played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florencio Abarca in the 47th minute of play.

The wind increased when Florencio Abarca made the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the match, Florencio Abarca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nat Ashby. Real Death Ducks's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Florencio Abarca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Nunez Mendebal hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute, Rachid Baba Ali Mohammadi got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Nunez Mendebal kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. If Bart Ryder had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 95th minute Severino Evis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nat Ashby saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matt Hewitt was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 96 minutes into the match. A collision led to Real Death Ducks getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Matt Hewitt hit a great ball. 97 minutes into the match, Florencio Abarca notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Real Death Ducks's Nat Ashby. Nat Ashby was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. ✞ Fëntanilo! ツ's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.