U18 World League

Hippo Pool
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Baumer Ocio got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergio Ontiveros in the 3rd minute of play forced Savage Hippo's goalkeeper Einaras Bagdžiūnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Einaras Bagdžiūnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horado Bargues, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 7th minute, Etxatxu Estancion ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Einaras Bagdžiūnas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Einaras Bagdžiūnas didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when AJ Juventus FC's Baumer Ocio shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Einaras Bagdžiūnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Etxatxu Estancion, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Einaras Bagdžiūnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dayam Carces, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. After 25 minutes of play, AJ Juventus FC's Jorge Tarriba made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Einaras Bagdžiūnas was left in no man's land by his defense there! 30 minutes into the match, Baumer Ocio notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Savage Hippo's Einaras Bagdžiūnas. Einaras Bagdžiūnas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 33 minutes into the game, one of Savage Hippo:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Baumer Ocio put it in 0-6 from a short distance just to the right of Einaras Bagdžiūnas. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Baumer Ocio managed to get in a good position for a shot. AJ Juventus FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Baumer Ocio was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Einaras Bagdžiūnas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Einaras Bagdžiūnas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dayam Carces in the 45th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-6 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Albinas Navikas to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Albinas Navikas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zxavian Valcarcel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jorge Tarriba took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Einaras Bagdžiūnas. Einaras Bagdžiūnas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. Baumer Ocio hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. AJ Juventus FC's Arnaldo Lijarco was substituted for Sergio Ontiveros. AJ Juventus FC's Garaile Marquez was substituted for Dayam Carces. In the 67th match minute, AJ Juventus FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baumer Ocio to maneuver through the defense. If Xurde Caño had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With his leg Einaras Bagdžiūnas managed to avoid a goal in the 76thth minute, when AJ Juventus FC's Horado Bargues fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Horado Bargues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 78 minutes, Nerijus Narkūnas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Savage Hippo and the AJ Juventus FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 78th match minute, Savage Hippo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nerijus Narkūnas to maneuver through the defense. 83 minutes into the match, Baumer Ocio dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Einaras Bagdžiūnas, 0-8. The supporters of AJ Juventus FC booed when Savage Hippo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nerijus Narkūnas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Savage Hippo's Einaras Bagdžiūnas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save Savage Hippo from getting a goal against them. Einaras Bagdžiūnas made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Baumer Ocio sent off a good shot on target. AJ Juventus FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.