U18 World League

La Perla Monumental
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) FC Vershina ESPN's Anatoliy Mintenko 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. FC Vershina ESPN's Olexiy Bykaniv got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kyrylo Krohmal hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. FC Vershina ESPN's Anatoliy Mintenko got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Olexiy Bykaniv fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zoil Frenes having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Real Guayaquil.F.C.'s Roldan Vela got a free kick in the 29th minute. Erwin Salcines struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Artem Gordya didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Real Guayaquil.F.C.. Olexiy Bykaniv sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Real Guayaquil.F.C.'s goalkeeper Zoil Frenes, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Olexiy Bykaniv's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zoil Frenes was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. 38 minutes into the match, Real Guayaquil.F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Olexiy Bykaniv came free, but Zoil Frenes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Vershina ESPN's Olexiy Bykaniv got a good chance for a goal in the 41st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Volodymyr Beletskyi hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After 46 played minutes FC Vershina ESPN got a freekick which was hit by Anton Pavlenko. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Erwin Salcines was the one to do the kick off. Anton Pavlenko's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zoil Frenes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 51st minute of play. After having played for 54 minutes, Dannes Asuaga managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Real Guayaquil.F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Dannes Asuaga was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Olexiy Bykaniv had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sergiy Lyakh during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Sergiy Lyakh hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. With an all-out effort, FC Vershina ESPN's Zoil Frenes threw himself towards the right post 64 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Anatoliy Mintenko, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. A collision led to Real Guayaquil.F.C. getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Esterilla Nembro hit a great ball. After having played for 73 minutes, Mendoza Vinuesa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Real Guayaquil.F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Mendoza Vinuesa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Real Guayaquil.F.C.'s Zoil Frenes got control of the ball when Olexiy Bykaniv tried to sneak it across the goal line. Anatoliy Mintenko was extremely unlucky when he, in the 80th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. When Anatoliy Mintenko came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the FC Vershina ESPN 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 Anatoliy Mintenko couldn't finish the play. Zoil Frenes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anatoliy Mintenko in the 84th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Sergiy Lyakh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 92 minutes, Dannes Asuaga managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Real Guayaquil.F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Dannes Asuaga was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Despite being the better team, FC Vershina ESPN failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.