U18 League

Legend Killer
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ronnie Lott got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in RKO AFC's zone, Ronnie Lott stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Poulus Farias came out of the goal and Ronnie Lott tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Adalberto Pellegri received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Hans Ramey tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 7 minutes into the match, Creekers's goalkeeper Hans Ramey had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adalberto Pellegri. Creekers's attentive Christopher Goss managed to snatch the ball when Guido Ebensperger made a throw-in in the 9th minute of the game. Roldán Navia hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Adalberto Pellegri might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hans Ramey. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adalberto Pellegri ran back to his position shaking his head. Ulises Fanjul sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 20 minutes into the match, RKO AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Ronnie Lott came free, but Poulus Farias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Creekers's Hans Ramey proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Creekers from getting a goal against them. Poulus Farias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronnie Lott in the 28th minute of the match. When Christopher Goss came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the Creekers 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 Christopher Goss couldn't finish the play. In the 36th match minute, Creekers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sanford Adkins to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Creekers's zone, Adalberto Pellegri stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hans Ramey came out of the goal and Adalberto Pellegri tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Creekers's Christopher Goss managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Guido Ebensperger in the 43 minute of the game. Christopher Goss fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Poulus Farias having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Guido Ebensperger made in the 51st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Creekers's Christopher Goss. When Creekers's Ronnie Lott in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye RKO AFC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 59th minute of the match Adalberto Pellegri shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hans Ramey showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Guido Ebensperger charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guido Ebensperger the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Guido Ebensperger kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Todd Swenson came free with the goalkeeper in the 66th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Poulus Farias could save by the left post. Poulus Farias was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ronnie Lott showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-1 in the 75 minute of play. Guido Ebensperger got his second yellow card in the match during the 80th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of Creekers booed when RKO AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guido Ebensperger didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ronnie Lott sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christopher Goss in the 90th minute of play forced RKO AFC's goalkeeper Poulus Farias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Romano Gaona came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the RKO AFC 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 Romano Gaona couldn't finish the play.