U18 World League

Artemio Franchi
Spectators: 8019 (Terracing: 6016, Seating: 1844, VIP seats: 159) AFC Viola Gigliati's Samuel Horduña started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Mafia Koniaka's Andrzej Gierasik got a free kick in the 8th minute. Napoleon Januszewski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Min Ordoña having to interfere. Waldir Velaz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Mafia Koniaka's Edmund Burufski got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Waldir Velaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wladyslaw Zapolski having to interfere. Min Ordoña showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrzej Gierasik in the 28th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Waldir Velaz in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wladyslaw Zapolski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Wladyslaw Zapolski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Waldir Velaz in the 35th minute of the match. The supporters of AFC Viola Gigliati booed when Mafia Koniaka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slawomir Lipinski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Garin Candina took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 36th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Wladyslaw Zapolski. Mafia Koniaka's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 39th match minute, Mafia Koniaka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ludomir Soszka to maneuver through the defense. 41 minutes into the match, Mafia Koniaka's goalkeeper Wladyslaw Zapolski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Samuel Horduña. In the 46th minute, Samuel Horduña ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wladyslaw Zapolski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Andrzej Gierasik was the one to do the kick off. Waldir Velaz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wladyslaw Zapolski having to interfere. Samuel Horduña took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wladyslaw Zapolski. Wladyslaw Zapolski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. AFC Viola Gigliati's Breogan Tio was substituted for Quentin Odoardo. AFC Viola Gigliati's Ilazki Esquivel was substituted for Iztal Lacalle. Slawomir Kochowski hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Enrico Cicero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wladyslaw Zapolski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ilazki Esquivel's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Ludomir Soszka hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. When Ilazki Esquivel fell near the penalty area in the 86th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AFC Viola Gigliati's protests and gave Ilazki Esquivel a yellow card for diving instead. After 86 played minutes AFC Viola Gigliati got a freekick which was hit by Ilazki Esquivel. When Edmund Burufski came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Mafia Koniaka 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 Edmund Burufski couldn't finish the play. Samuel Horduña fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wladyslaw Zapolski having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Mafia Koniaka's Ludomir Soszka got a free kick in the 90th minute. Ilazki Esquivel scored 3-0 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wladyslaw Zapolski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. AFC Viola Gigliati fully deserved thier win.