U18 World League

Royal Masters Arena
Spectators: 8048 (Terracing: 6037, Seating: 1851, VIP seats: 160) Juventus Football Club's Douglas Luis 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. The supporters of Juventus Football Club booed when Masters United F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edelmiro Nerio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Masters United F.C.'s Zeledon Guillem played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grzegorz Praski in the 12th minute of play. Fernando Romero's late challenge caught a Juventus Football Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fernando Romero helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Masters United F.C.'s Fernando Romero got a free kick in the 15th minute. After 16 played minutes, Juventus Football Club's Kryspin Skirzynski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Zeledon Guillem came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Juventus Football Club reached it. When Douglas Luis came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Juventus Football Club 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 Douglas Luis couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Masters United F.C.'s Serafino Efren got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Zeledon Guillem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grzegorz Praski in the 27th minute of play. After 30 minutes, Serafino Efren made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Juventus Football Club's Michele Di Gregorio tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Modesto Ranolfo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Michele Di Gregorio came out and tried to block the shot, but Modesto Ranolfo slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 35th minute. After 38 minutes, Roman Furgal mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Juventus Football Club and the Masters United F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. Isaac Inocente recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tanek Wisniewski hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Michele Di Gregorio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Modesto Ranolfo in the 43rd minute of the match. Modesto Ranolfo succeeded in the game's 44th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Modesto Ranolfo to make the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Serafino Efren managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Masters United F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Serafino Efren was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Juventus Football Club's zone, Modesto Ranolfo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Michele Di Gregorio came out of the goal and Modesto Ranolfo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 76 minutes into the match, Modesto Ranolfo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Michele Di Gregorio. Juventus Football Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Modesto Ranolfo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. The supporters of Juventus Football Club booed when Masters United F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benjamin Kemen didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Masters United F.C.'s Zeledon Guillem got control of the ball when Douglas Luis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Roman Furgal hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. 91 minutes into the match, Masters United F.C.'s Isaac Inocente sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Michele Di Gregorio narrowly saved just below the crossbar.