U18 World League

Vale of Knights
Spectators: 7537 (Terracing: 5654, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Quintin Funk started the match with the kick off. After 4 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Punk Fiction! Lionel Aviles showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eriberto Fidele in the 11th minute of the match. Efrain Mancio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dan Riggs in the 12th minute of play. Efrain Mancio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Napoleon Cline in the 21st minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Quintin Funk kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Efrain Mancio. That made the score 2-0 in the 22 minute of play. Punk Fiction's Efrain Mancio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Punk Fiction from getting a goal against them. Eriberto Fidele charged in rather forcefully in the 29th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eriberto Fidele the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Eriberto Fidele hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. If Eriberto Fidele had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 35th minute Eriberto Fidele shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lionel Aviles saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dan Riggs got a throw-in 41 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Caleb Stahl. Efrain Mancio made a fantastic save in the 45th minute, when Kurtis Brownell sent off a good shot on target. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Eriberto Fidele made a kick off. After 56 minutes of play, Black Knights FC's Javier Mayo made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Efrain Mancio was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lionel Aviles didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eriberto Fidele went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. Korey Law hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. When Donato Hats fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Punk Fiction's protests and gave Donato Hats a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Punk Fiction's Donato Hats got a free kick in the 90th minute. Efrain Mancio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tyrell Garrison, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There was no doubt that Black Knights FC were the better team. Black Knights FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.