U18 World League

Asterix&ObelixArena
Spectators: 7491 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Roy Donnelly started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casimiro Lohitzun in the 3rd minute of play forced Astreix&ObelixSoccer's goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffone to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 5 minutes into the game, Roy Donnelly recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Valentin Pereyra. Roy Donnelly showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. After 8 minutes of play, Astreix&ObelixSoccer's Roy Donnelly made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Valentin Pereyra was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 12th minute, Deon Hudson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valentin Pereyra was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. When Severo Gaufred came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the FIORITO CITY 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 Severo Gaufred couldn't finish the play. Casimiro Lohitzun scored 4-1 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gianluigi Buffone, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 25 played minutes Astreix&ObelixSoccer got a freekick which was hit by Deon Hudson. Valentin Pereyra was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Lance McGrath showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 5-1 in the 27 minute of play. FIORITO CITY's Valentin Pereyra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save FIORITO CITY from getting a goal against them. FIORITO CITY's Valentin Pereyra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save FIORITO CITY from getting a goal against them. Valentin Pereyra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roy Donnelly in the 39th minute of the match. Valentin Pereyra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roy Donnelly in the 40th minute of the match. With a little luck, FIORITO CITY's Valentin Pereyra got control of the ball when Kevin Longstaffe tried to sneak it across the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 6-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Casimiro Lohitzun stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Roy Donnelly had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Valentin Pereyra. FIORITO CITY's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roy Donnelly was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-1. Gianluigi Buffone made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Pacorro in the 56th minute of play. Valentin Pereyra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tommy Speed in the 61st minute of the match. If Roy Donnelly had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Astreix&ObelixSoccer booed when FIORITO CITY was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Severo Gaufred didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 71st minute, Severo Gaufred hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lance McGrath received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Valentin Pereyra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to FIORITO CITY getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Santiago Pacorro hit a great ball. Valentin Pereyra didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Astreix&ObelixSoccer's Roy Donnelly shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 8-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Roy Donnelly took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Valentin Pereyra. Valentin Pereyra dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-1. In the 88th minute Mario Droga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valentin Pereyra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roy Donnelly in the 90th minute of play forced FIORITO CITY's goalkeeper Valentin Pereyra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 94th minute, Tommy Speed made a precise shot to the right of Valentin Pereyra. FIORITO CITY's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 10-1. Astreix&ObelixSoccer's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.