U18 World League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Meerkats FC's Fabio Rapa 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. In the 3rd minute, Antoine Miggiani ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Feliberto Bittor was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Feliberto Bittor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timothy De Battista in the 6th minute of play. Feliberto Bittor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arthur Teuma, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. La Zabaleta's Santiago Leizarraga managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Stephan Duca in the 15 minute of the game. In the 17th minute, Fabio Rapa made a precise shot to the right of Feliberto Bittor. La Zabaleta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Feliberto Bittor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Antoine Miggiani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes into the match, La Zabaleta's goal looked a bit too open when Antoine Miggiani came free, but Feliberto Bittor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Timothy De Battista notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of La Zabaleta's Feliberto Bittor. Feliberto Bittor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 30 minutes into the match, La Zabaleta's goal looked a bit too open when Arthur Teuma came free, but Feliberto Bittor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 31stth minute of the game Antoine Miggiani who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but La Zabaleta's Feliberto Bittor was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 35 minutes into the match, La Zabaleta's goal looked a bit too open when Timothy De Battista came free, but Feliberto Bittor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fabio Rapa in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Feliberto Bittor prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Fabio Rapa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Feliberto Bittor was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. In the 41st minute Timothy De Battista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Feliberto Bittor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Feliberto Bittor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fabio Rapa went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Feliberto Bittor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Rapa in the 46th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vladimiro Eguerdi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiro Eguerdi in the 53rd minute of play forced Meerkats FC's goalkeeper Nathan Sant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 54 minutes into the match, La Zabaleta's goal looked a bit too open when Arthur Teuma came free, but Feliberto Bittor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Feliberto Bittor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Rapa, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Feliberto Bittor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arthur Teuma in the 65th minute of the match. Arthur Teuma fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Feliberto Bittor having to interfere. La Zabaleta's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Fabio Rapa 75 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-5. In the 78th minute, Luciano Martxot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to La Zabaleta getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Fermin Lucero hit a great ball. Feliberto Bittor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arthur Teuma in the 87th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Fabio Rapa kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Feliberto Bittor. That made the score 0-6 in the 89 minute of play. Antoine Miggiani's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Feliberto Bittor firmly grabbed it by the left post. The goalkeeper, Feliberto Bittor, was totally fooled by Meerkats FC's Gianluca Dalli, who 98 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Meerkats FC played a much better game than La Zabaleta and deserved their victory. The La Zabaleta players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.