U18 World League

Springfield Arena
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stanislovas Milčius started the match with the kick off. Zackary Sullivan hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Karamba's Stanislovas Milčius slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Oswaldo Todd. That made the score 1-0 after 5 minutes of play. Wilber Castaneda charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wilber Castaneda the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to AC DeMiRHaN getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Wilber Castaneda hit a great ball. With a little luck, AC DeMiRHaN's Oswaldo Todd got control of the ball when Benas Liulys tried to sneak it across the goal line. Eduardo Hinkle kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. The supporters of FC Karamba booed when AC DeMiRHaN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilber Castaneda didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the AC DeMiRHaN defense, Benas Liulys kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Oswaldo Todd. The AC DeMiRHaN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Oswaldo Todd should have stopped the shot. Zackary Battle lost his temper 27 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 26th minute, one of AC DeMiRHaN:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for AC DeMiRHaN. The referee gave FC Karamba a penalty, 29 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Benas Liulys, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of AC DeMiRHaN's Oswaldo Todd. 3-0. After a rather tough play, AC DeMiRHaN's Kenny Cardwell got a free kick in the 31st minute. Benas Liulys took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 32nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Oswaldo Todd. AC DeMiRHaN's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to AC DeMiRHaN getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Wilber Castaneda hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eduardo Hinkle stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Stanislovas Milčius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Oswaldo Todd tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. AC DeMiRHaN's Oswaldo Todd played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislovas Milčius in the 71st minute of play. Eduardo Hinkle was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 79th minute. AC DeMiRHaN's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Oswaldo Todd took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stanislovas Milčius, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 86 minutes into the match, AC DeMiRHaN's goal looked a bit too open when Stanislovas Milčius came free, but Oswaldo Todd reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 87 played minutes, FC Karamba's Benas Liulys shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Oswaldo Todd came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Karamba reached it. Darius Norutis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 94 minutes, Eduardo Hinkle managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AC DeMiRHaN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eduardo Hinkle was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.