U18 World League

Gral. San Martín
Spectators: 7507 (Terracing: 5631, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ziemowit Kajfasz kicked off to start the match. Ziemowit Kajfasz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Freddy Markel having to interfere. In the 8th minute, Saverio Beat reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ksawery Raflewski. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 11th minute, Esteve Senen made a precise shot to the right of Ksawery Raflewski. Ekipa Gabi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. The supporters of Ekipa Gabi booed when Villa Ballester FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luis Mannie didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Ziemowit Kajfasz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 23 minutes into the game, Marian Pankiewicz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Freddy Markel was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 26th match minute, Villa Ballester FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduardo Ceandro to maneuver through the defense. 27 minutes into the match, Villa Ballester FC's goal looked a bit too open when Pankracy Kosowski came free, but Freddy Markel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marian Pankiewicz in the 36th minute of play forced Villa Ballester FC's goalkeeper Freddy Markel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 37 minutes into the match, Villa Ballester FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ziemowit Kajfasz came free, but Freddy Markel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Freddy Markel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marian Pankiewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Ksawery Raflewski came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Villa Ballester FC's Pastor Napier. But to his dismay, Pastor Napier quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. When Esteve Senen came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Villa Ballester 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 Esteve Senen couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Mannie in the 47th minute of play forced Ekipa Gabi's goalkeeper Ksawery Raflewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-2 at half-time.

The wind increased when Saverio Beat made the kick off in the second half. Ksawery Raflewski didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Villa Ballester FC's Pastor Napier shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Ksawery Raflewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Saverio Beat, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 56 minutes into the match, Saverio Beat notched a goal, 5-2, to the right of Ekipa Gabi's Ksawery Raflewski. Ksawery Raflewski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Thanks to some nice moves Ziemowit Kajfasz could shoot a difficult shot in the 67th minute, which Freddy Markel however easily saved by the left post. In the 68th minute, Eduardo Ceandro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Ekipa Gabi's Kajetan Juchno got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 77th minute Pastor Napier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ksawery Raflewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ksawery Raflewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luis Mannie in the 79th minute of the match. With his leg Freddy Markel managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Ekipa Gabi's Ziemowit Kajfasz fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ziemowit Kajfasz in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Freddy Markel saved Villa Ballester FC from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luis Mannie in the 86th minute of play forced Ekipa Gabi's goalkeeper Ksawery Raflewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Ekipa Gabi's Artur Pasterski got a free kick in the 89th minute. It was beautiful to see Villa Ballester FC's Sergio Beltza in action when he in the 91st minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! 93 minutes into the match, Villa Ballester FC's goalkeeper Freddy Markel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ziemowit Kajfasz. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Villa Ballester FC had played much better football throughout.