U18 World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7956 (Terracing: 5968, Seating: 1830, VIP seats: 158) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Silvester Krovina started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes, Michal Kavalec mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kukova United and the Atletico de la Rosa CF players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 3 played minutes Kukova United got a freekick which was hit by Michal Kavalec. 5 minutes into the match, Lavallén Tordesillas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stano Cisár. Kukova United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lavallén Tordesillas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Stano Cisár showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guillermo Teja, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lavallén Tordesillas in the 24th minute of play forced Kukova United's goalkeeper Stano Cisár to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stano Cisár took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lavallén Tordesillas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Francisco Villaelrriego showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ľubomír Považský in the 25th minute of the match. Stano Cisár didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alex Aguinaga went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Kukova United's Silvester Krovina couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Atletico de la Rosa CF. After 35 minutes of play, Kukova United's Michal Kavalec made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Francisco Villaelrriego was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 38 minutes, Michal Kavalec took a quick shot and it went in 3-2 without a chance for Francisco Villaelrriego to make any attempt to save it. The supporters of Kukova United booed when Atletico de la Rosa CF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vennancio Fontanez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-2. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Lavallén Tordesillas made the kick off in the second half. Francisco Villaelrriego made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ľubomír Považský in the 57th minute of play. Atletico de la Rosa CF's España Barbot was substituted for Lavallén Tordesillas. Kukova United made a substitution. Stanislav Marček replaced Móric Rataj. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ľubomír Považský in the 64th minute of play forced Atletico de la Rosa CF's goalkeeper Francisco Villaelrriego to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Silvester Krovina during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 76 minutes into the game, Silvester Krovina cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-2. Francisco Villaelrriego was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 80th minute Atletico de la Rosa CF were awarded a corner. Guillermo Teja went to the cornerflag to take it. España Barbot succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 4-3 in the 82nd playminute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Danny De La Rosa-Choca got free with Stano Cisár in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Stano Cisár took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from España Barbot, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. España Barbot could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Stano Cisár made a huge save. With a little luck, Kukova United's Stano Cisár got control of the ball when Danny De La Rosa-Choca tried to sneak it across the goal line. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.