U18 World League

The Arena
Spectators: 7450 (Terracing: 5589, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) Sporting Mambo's Harold Engelborgh 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. Yoachim Fondria took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Robert Palunko. Robert Palunko dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Harold Engelborgh scored 2-0 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Robert Palunko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lazar Mandić kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Harold Engelborgh could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Robert Palunko made a huge save. After 20 minutes of play, Sporting Mambo's Yoachim Fondria made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robert Palunko was left in no man's land by his defense there! Waut Goons showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lazar Mandić, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 35 minutes into the match, GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s goal looked a bit too open when Pino Maerschalckx came free, but Robert Palunko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Harold Engelborgh had several of the GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 36 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-0 score and a disappointed Robert Palunko as he didn't even see the shot coming. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Đuro Ožbolt was the one to do the kick off. Lazar Mandić received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Waut Goons came out and tried to block the shot, but Lazar Mandić slotted it home off the left post making it 5-1 in the 51st minute. In the 57th minute, Harold Engelborgh ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robert Palunko was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. In the 62nd minute Krešimir Barišić shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Waut Goons saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simon Belić in the 63rd minute of play forced Sporting Mambo's goalkeeper Waut Goons to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Robert Palunko made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michael Armentier in the 66th minute of play. 71 minutes into the game, Krešimir Barišić recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Waut Goons. Krešimir Barišić showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 6-2. In the 78th minute, Harold Engelborgh got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Robert Palunko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henry Pelsers in the 80th minute of play. In the 86thth minute of the game Harold Engelborgh who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s Robert Palunko was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 90 minutes into the match, Sporting Mambo's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Belić came free, but Waut Goons reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Waut Goons took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Đuro Ožbolt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 93rd minute, Domagoj Tkalec hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Yoachim Fondria's late challenge caught a GNK Dinamo Zagreb™'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Yoachim Fondria helped the player get up and apologised.