U18 World League

Springfield Arena
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) FC Karamba's Stanislovas Milčius started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, FIORITO CITY's Rolando Indar got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute Severo Gaufred shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Egidijus Grabauskas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 8th minute, Eliseo Honesto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 10 minutes, Danas Kilčiauskas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Karamba and the FIORITO CITY players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC Karamba getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Danas Kilčiauskas hit a great ball. Egidijus Grabauskas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casimiro Lohitzun in the 11th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC Karamba's Arnas Navakas got a free kick in the 14th minute. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Casimiro Lohitzun put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Egidijus Grabauskas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severo Gaufred in the 25th minute of play forced FC Karamba's goalkeeper Egidijus Grabauskas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 26 played minutes FC Karamba got a freekick which was hit by Benas Liulys. Jonatan Goito hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Valentin Pereyra was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Danas Kilčiauskas capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Danas Kilčiauskas really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. 36 minutes into the match, FIORITO CITY's goalkeeper Valentin Pereyra had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stanislovas Milčius. Valentin Pereyra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benas Liulys, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valentin Pereyra didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Karamba's Stanislovas Milčius shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Casimiro Lohitzun stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 50 played minutes FIORITO CITY got a freekick which was hit by Rolando Indar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benas Liulys in the 54th minute of play forced FIORITO CITY's goalkeeper Valentin Pereyra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes into the match, Danas Kilčiauskas notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of FIORITO CITY's Valentin Pereyra. Valentin Pereyra was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Valentin Pereyra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danas Kilčiauskas in the 60th minute of play. Valentin Pereyra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislovas Milčius in the 67th minute of the match. Stanislovas Milčius received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Valentin Pereyra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70th minute, Danas Kilčiauskas made a precise shot to the right of Valentin Pereyra. FIORITO CITY's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. After some careless play in the FIORITO CITY defense, Stanislovas Milčius kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Valentin Pereyra. The FIORITO CITY fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Valentin Pereyra should have stopped the shot. FIORITO CITY's Valentin Pereyra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Benas Liulys in the 78th minute of play. A collision led to FIORITO CITY getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Casimiro Lohitzun hit a great ball. Valentin Pereyra didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stanislovas Milčius went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-1 was the resulting score. Valentin Pereyra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benas Liulys in the 93rd minute of the match. In the 95th minute of the game, Arnas Navakas landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. After 95 minutes, Severo Gaufred mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FIORITO CITY and the FC Karamba players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of FC Karamba booed when FIORITO CITY was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Severo Gaufred didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee ended the match the FC Karamba players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.