U23 World League

Dragons Nest
Spectators: 7688 (Terracing: 5767, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Martin Mangion kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute, Che Guevara ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Antoine Gilson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. A collision led to Sliema Dragons FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Julian Savona hit a great ball. Eduardo Markel hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Jean Carl Mamo kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. Antoine Gilson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eustaquio Reyes in the 17th minute of the match. Higinio Patxi hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. The supporters of Sliema Dragons FC booed when ⚽️CHANGE NAME ⚽️ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Can Abi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eduardo Markel kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Higinio Patxi during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 32nd match minute, ⚽️CHANGE NAME ⚽️ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Higinio Patxi to maneuver through the defense. After 35 played minutes ⚽️CHANGE NAME ⚽️ got a freekick which was hit by Che Guevara. After 36 played minutes, Sliema Dragons FC's Leo Scalpello shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Samuel Hurko came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Sliema Dragons FC reached it. Antoine Gilson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Che Guevara in the 40th minute of the match. In the 42nd minute of the match ⚽️CHANGE NAME ⚽️ got a corner. Sliema Dragons FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Higinio Patxi ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Higinio Patxi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Antoine Gilson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

If Che Guevara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sliema Dragons FC's Antoine Gilson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Can Aabin in the 54th minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Sliema Dragons FC's goal looked a bit too open when Eustaquio Reyes came free, but Antoine Gilson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sliema Dragons FC's Antoine Gilson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Sliema Dragons FC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martin Mangion in the 64th minute of play forced ⚽️CHANGE NAME ⚽️'s goalkeeper Samuel Hurko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Che Guevara had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Antoine Gilson. Sliema Dragons FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Che Guevara was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The supporters of Sliema Dragons FC booed when ⚽️CHANGE NAME ⚽️ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eduardo Markel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Antoine Gilson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Can Aabin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 86th minute, Jurgen Montalto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 88 played minutes Sliema Dragons FC got a freekick which was hit by Harry Coppini. Samuel Hurko showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Savona in the 91st minute of the match. The Sliema Dragons FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ⚽️CHANGE NAME ⚽️'s performance. The match ended with a win for ⚽️CHANGE NAME ⚽️.