U18 World League

Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 7779 (Terracing: 5835, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) In the 4th minute, Lurtim Ognjanovič ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Camilo Santiago was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. If Melquiades Tohias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Camilo Santiago showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lirim Atanasovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Red Bull Club's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Slave Uzunov in the 17th minute. A nice corner shot did that Slave Uzunov got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Camilo Santiago quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 18 minutes into the game, Red Bull Club's Dritan Kralevski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Camilo Santiago made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emanuel Mero in the 23rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ognen Zografski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Camilo Santiago showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Risto Cukovski, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Ognen Zografski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bernabe Bazil's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Emanuel Mero managed to get in a good position for a shot. Big Babousa's supporters rose to their feet, but Emanuel Mero was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ognen Zografski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Camilo Santiago stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dritan Kralevski's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. The supporters of Big Babousa booed when Red Bull Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Žarko Kitanov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 41st minute, Sergio Bertran ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ognen Zografski was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Camilo Santiago took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oliver Rajkov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th minute, Slave Uzunov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ognen Zografski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernabe Bazil, who was totally free with the ball in the 49th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Emanuel Mero to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Žarko Kitanov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Big Babousa's Melquiades Tohias took a good shot, in the 53rd minute, which hit the crossbar above Ognen Zografski's head, and flew over the goal. Red Bull Club's manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by Big Babousa. After 56 played minutes Red Bull Club got a freekick which was hit by Božidar Ratkoski. Sergio Bertran's late challenge caught a Red Bull Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sergio Bertran helped the player get up and apologised. 64 minutes into the match, Big Babousa's goal looked a bit too open when Lurtim Ognjanovič came free, but Camilo Santiago reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benito Franco hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Vicente Tallia hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. A collision led to Big Babousa getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Melquiades Tohias hit a great ball. Red Bull Club's Oliver Rajkov got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 83rd match minute, Big Babousa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benito Franco to maneuver through the defense. 84 minutes into the match, Big Babousa's goal looked a bit too open when Oliver Rajkov came free, but Camilo Santiago reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 88 minutes Big Babousa's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Slave Uzunov who took care of the corner kick. A collision led to Big Babousa getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Melquiades Tohias hit a great ball. Camilo Santiago made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Baškim Simovski in the 92nd minute of play. Red Bull Club's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.