U18 World League

Distrito Uchiha
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) After a rather tough play, Harsh Gods's Jonas-Marius Petras got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Tomas Frutos, 4 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Harsh Gods's zone, Fausto Teofilio stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vygandas Steponavičius came out of the goal and Fausto Teofilio tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of Darkness booed when Harsh Gods was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mister Bomba didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 13 played minutes Darkness got a freekick which was hit by Federico Guillerme. If Laimutis Baleika had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 17th match minute, Harsh Gods was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonas-Marius Petras to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Tomas Frutos in the 18th minute really tested Vygandas Steponavičius's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Darkness's Esteban Balendin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Laimutis Baleika in the 21st minute of play. Hugo Sánchez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Vygandas Steponavičius made a huge save. Hugo Sánchez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Vygandas Steponavičius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After taking down the ball on Harsh Gods's corner Mister Bomba fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Esteban Balendin quite easily take care of the ball. 38 minutes into the game, one of Harsh Gods:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 41 minutes, Darkness's Tomas Frutos got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Vygandas Steponavičius. Laimutis Baleika hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Laimutis Baleika made a kick off. Laimutis Baleika sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Laimutis Baleika came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Harsh Gods 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 Laimutis Baleika couldn't finish the play. After 54 played minutes Harsh Gods got a freekick which was hit by Laimutis Baleika. The Harsh Gods fans' excitement grew in the 58th match minute when Harsh Gods's Laimutis Baleika 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 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Artūras Peleckas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Esteban Balendin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Laimutis Baleika in the 69th minute of play forced Darkness's goalkeeper Esteban Balendin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Esteban Balendin was out of position in the 72 minute of play, and Laimutis Baleika capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Laimutis Baleika really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. Vygandas Steponavičius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugo Sánchez in the 76th minute of play. Esteban Balendin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artūras Peleckas in the 84th minute of the match. After 86 played minutes Harsh Gods got a freekick which was hit by Laimutis Baleika. After a defensive mix-up in Darkness's zone, Paulius Matijošaitis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Esteban Balendin came out of the goal and Paulius Matijošaitis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Laimutis Baleika got free with Esteban Balendin in the 94th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.