U18 World League

Stadio De Victoria
Spectators: 7756 (Terracing: 5819, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Radoslav Miličić made the kick off which started today's match. When Faizal Ramachandran fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Oakham's protests and gave Faizal Ramachandran a yellow card for diving instead. Faizal Ramachandran hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Warriors of Gora™'s zone, Iskandar Laycock stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Njegovan Baletić came out of the goal and Iskandar Laycock tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Njegovan Baletić made a fantastic save in the 11th minute, when Faizal Ramachandran sent off a good shot on target. In the 13th minute Mark Devan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Njegovan Baletić saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Warriors of Gora™'s Njegovan Baletić proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 14th minute of the match, managed to save Warriors of Gora™ from getting a goal against them. The Oakham fans' excitement grew in the 20th match minute when Oakham's Mark Devan looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Faizal Ramachandran could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Njegovan Baletić made a huge save. After 25 minutes of play, Warriors of Gora™'s Radoslav Miličić made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rifqi Choo was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Mark Devan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Njegovan Baletić was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. Oakham's Iskandar Laycock got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mark Devan in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Njegovan Baletić saved Warriors of Gora™ from getting behind. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Daniel Seah during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 42nd minute, Daniel Seah hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grozdan Kojović in the 44th minute of play forced Oakham's goalkeeper Rifqi Choo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 44th minute Radoslav Miličić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rifqi Choo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mark Devan to strike the kick off in the second half. When Iskandar Laycock came up free with the goalie in the 50th minute, the Oakham 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 Iskandar Laycock couldn't finish the play. In the 51st minute, Ratko Vujičić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Mark Devan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Njegovan Baletić was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mark Devan in the 54th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Njegovan Baletić saved Warriors of Gora™ from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Warriors of Gora™'s Feđa Zajić got a free kick in the 59th minute. Rifqi Choo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feđa Zajić in the 70th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Warriors of Gora™'s Rifqi Choo threw himself towards the right post 70 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Feđa Zajić, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Njegovan Baletić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iskandar Laycock, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Warriors of Gora™'s Njegovan Baletić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mark Devan in the 77th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Mark Devan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Njegovan Baletić was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Danial Siong during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 85th match minute, Oakham was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danial Siong to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mark Devan in the 92nd minute of play forced Warriors of Gora™'s goalkeeper Njegovan Baletić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the match, Mark Devan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Njegovan Baletić. Warriors of Gora™'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mark Devan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Oakham had won after a very even match.