U18 World League

Stepan Kravchenko
Spectators: 7727 (Terracing: 5796, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Casimiro Gonzales kicked off to start the match. After 11 minutes of play, FC Henter Somosd's Bence Takács made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Timoteo Evis was left in no man's land by his defense there! FC Henter Somosd's György Nagy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florentino Esiquio in the 16th minute of play. Tamás Holló could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Timoteo Evis made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Marlin FC's Anier Sazon got a free kick in the 28th minute. Timoteo Evis was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Emil Csongrádi. 32 minutes into the match, Marlin FC's goal looked a bit too open when Tamás Holló came free, but Timoteo Evis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Timoteo Evis made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Bence Takács sent off a good shot on target. In the 38th minute, Bence Takács ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Timoteo Evis was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. In the 45th minute Ricardo Erlantz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but György Nagy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tamás Holló stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bence Takács in the 52nd minute of play forced Marlin FC's goalkeeper Timoteo Evis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute, Ricardo Erlantz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeremias Guillem's late challenge caught a FC Henter Somosd's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jeremias Guillem helped the player get up and apologised. In the 55th match minute, Marlin FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeremias Guillem to maneuver through the defense. Florentino Esiquio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but György Nagy made a huge save. Bulcsú Herczegh hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. FC Henter Somosd's György Nagy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save FC Henter Somosd from getting a goal against them. In the 68th minute, FC Henter Somosd's Sámuel Benkó seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Sámuel Benkó the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FC Henter Somosd protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Sámuel Benkó had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After a rather tough play, FC Henter Somosd's Sámuel Benkó got a free kick in the 68th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Ricardo Erlantz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Marlin FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Ricardo Erlantz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. György Nagy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. FC Henter Somosd's Csongor Herceg got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. György Nagy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Florentino Esiquio in the 76th minute. In the 78th minute, Emil Csongrádi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Henter Somosd's Kristóf Bodonyi got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. FC Henter Somosd had won after a very even match.