U18 World League

Marakana
Spectators: 8017 (Terracing: 6015, Seating: 1843, VIP seats: 159) Burak Krawczyk started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 1-0 became the score in the 5th minute when Wasyl Mirowski elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. A collision led to La mano de D10S getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Adolfo Ocaña hit a great ball. 13 minutes into the game, Anchel Zapater threw the ball into play from the sideline. Chelmza Team's Pawel Gall quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 16th minute, Adolfo Ocaña hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Burak Krawczyk got free with Nicanor Casals in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ibon Suarez charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ibon Suarez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 18th match minute, La mano de D10S was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ibon Suarez to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in La mano de D10S's zone, Iwo Walentowicz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nicanor Casals came out of the goal and Iwo Walentowicz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nicanor Casals made an important save on a dangerous shot by Burak Krawczyk in the 40th minute. Delmiro Pardo's late challenge caught a Chelmza Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Delmiro Pardo helped the player get up and apologised. If James Caballero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Josep Cabrera stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Anchel Zapater made in the 52nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Chelmza Team's Pawel Gall. Chelmza Team's Burak Krawczyk got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Iwo Walentowicz charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Iwo Walentowicz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Chelmza Team's Iwo Walentowicz got a free kick in the 58th minute. 59 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goalkeeper Stasio Kalinowski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Josep Cabrera. Nicanor Casals showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Burak Krawczyk, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. La mano de D10S made a substitution. Mambru Esperta replaced Venceslás Vagrande. La mano de D10S's Asdrubal Jubera was substituted for James Caballero. La mano de D10S made a substitution. Jacques Buendia replaced Josep Cabrera. In the 66th match minute, Chelmza Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maciej Warka to maneuver through the defense. Stasio Kalinowski was a little too slow when Asdrubal Jubera got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 79th minute. The score was now 1-1. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Jacques Buendia took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for Stasio Kalinowski to make any attempt to save it. When Burak Krawczyk fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Chelmza Team's protests and gave Burak Krawczyk a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Chelmza Team getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Burak Krawczyk hit a great ball. 94 minutes into the game, Jacques Buendia recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Stasio Kalinowski. Jacques Buendia showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched La mano de D10S eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.