U18 World League

Diego Maradona D10S
Spectators: 8435 (Terracing: 6327, Seating: 1940, VIP seats: 168) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tibor Barmoš started the match with the kick off. If Gustavo-Hernán Garnacho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 2nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 5th minute, Gustavo-Hernán Bareiro made a precise shot to the right of Hugo Fisher. AFK Petržalka's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Hugo Fisher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo-Hernán Bareiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 17 minutes into the game, AFK Petržalka's Roland Záhoran nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Lixandro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 19th minute, Juraj Poliovka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marco Lixandro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roland Záhoran, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After 25 minutes of play, AFK Petržalka's Roland Záhoran made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Lixandro was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 31st minute, Tibor Kavecký hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Roland Záhoran scored 1-3 in the 35th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Lixandro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marco Lixandro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roland Záhoran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 43rd minute Roland Záhoran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Lixandro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roland Záhoran took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Lixandro. Marco Lixandro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-4. With a little luck, AFK Petržalka's Hugo Fisher got control of the ball when Gustavo-Hernán Bareiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gustavo-Hernán Bareiro was the one to do the kick off. Hugo Fisher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gustavo-Hernán Garnacho in the 51st minute of play. Gustavo-Hernán Garnacho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hugo Fisher having to interfere. Marco Lixandro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roland Záhoran, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. MORPH's Marco Lixandro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roland Záhoran in the 72nd minute of play. In the 73rdth minute of the game Roland Záhoran who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but MORPH's Marco Lixandro was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. AFK Petržalka's Roland Záhoran got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 79 minutes into the game, AFK Petržalka's Roland Záhoran nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Lixandro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. Hugo Fisher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gustavo-Hernán Bareiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Marco Lixandro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roland Záhoran, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. MORPH's Gustavo-Hernán Gattoni got his second yellow card of the match in the 92nd minute. The referee ordered Gustavo-Hernán Gattoni off the ground. Gustavo-Hernán Gattoni kicked well hit freekick during the 93rd minute of the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched AFK Petržalka eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.