U21 World League

ISLAHIYE SOKAR
Spectators: 7456 (Terracing: 5593, Seating: 1714, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stu Martin got the match started through his kick off. Stu Martin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. David Vidlák tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 5th minute, Ross Fountain reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of David Vidlák. The goal made the score 1-0. If Stu Martin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ross Fountain's late challenge caught a FK Košíře Praha's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ross Fountain helped the player get up and apologised. David Vidlák made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Ross Fountain sent off a good shot on target. David Vidlák came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by islahiye spor's Ross Fountain. But to his dismay, Ross Fountain quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. David Vidlák showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from James Horsell in the 20th minute of the match. 22 minutes into the match, FK Košíře Praha's goalkeeper David Vidlák had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stu Martin. In the 26th minute Ross Fountain shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Vidlák saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the game, James Horsell recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of David Vidlák. James Horsell showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-0. After 34 played minutes islahiye spor got a freekick which was hit by Huey Waller. During the 38th minute of the match Ross Fountain completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ross Fountain a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, islahiye spor's Ross Fountain got a free kick in the 39th minute. FK Košíře Praha's defense didn't have a chance, in the 42nd minute, when James Horsell scored to the left of an out of position David Vidlák, making the score, 5-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-0 at half-time.

David Vidlák didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from James Horsell went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 6-0 was the resulting score. After a rather tough play, islahiye spor's Stu Martin got a free kick in the 57th minute. After some careless play in the FK Košíře Praha defense, Stu Martin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Vidlák. The FK Košíře Praha fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Vidlák should have stopped the shot. David Vidlák showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from James Horsell in the 70th minute of the match. 71 minutes into the game, islahiye spor's James Horsell nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. David Vidlák made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. Geoff Mabbutt hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. David Vidlák showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stu Martin, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. David Vidlák didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from James Horsell went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 9-0 was the resulting score. If Stu Martin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. David Vidlák took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Barrie Waite, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. islahiye spor's Rainer Seltorp played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zbyhněv Kulhánek in the 94th minute of play. Stu Martin hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. FK Košíře Praha's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.