U18 World League

Dnipro-Arena
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Anatoliy Mintenko made the kick off which started today's match. The crowd rose to their feet as Anton Pavlenko kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Arturo Sengrat. That made the score 1-0 in the 9 minute of play. Artem Gordya stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Angelo Nazario's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. After 15 minutes of play, Rivermania FC's Angelo Nazario made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Artem Gordya was left in no man's land by his defense there! Arturo Sengrat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anatoliy Mintenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 22nd minute, Ubaldo Pasqual hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 23rd minute, Sergiy Lyakh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rivermania FC's Angelo Nazario got a good chance for a goal in the 24th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to FC Vershina ESPN getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Kyrylo Krohmal hit a great ball. The supporters of FC Vershina ESPN booed when Rivermania FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dionisio Abascal didn't get a good kick on the ball. Olexiy Bykaniv could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Arturo Sengrat made a huge save. Arturo Sengrat was out of position in the 36 minute of play, and Olexiy Bykaniv capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Olexiy Bykaniv really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Olexiy Bykaniv received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Arturo Sengrat tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arturo Sengrat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anatoliy Mintenko, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rivermania FC's Arturo Sengrat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anatoliy Mintenko in the 43rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Angelo Nazario's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Artem Gordya was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Ubaldo Pasqual received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Artem Gordya tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Artem Gordya made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angelo Nazario in the 46th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Angelo Nazario made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Rivermania FC's goal looked a bit too open when Anatoliy Mintenko came free, but Arturo Sengrat reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anatoliy Mintenko in the 55th minute of play forced Rivermania FC's goalkeeper Arturo Sengrat to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arturo Sengrat took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Olexiy Bykaniv, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute, Ubaldo Pasqual hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Artem Gordya was a little too slow when Angelo Nazario got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 62nd minute. The score was now 2-2. After 66 played minutes FC Vershina ESPN got a freekick which was hit by Olexiy Bykaniv. FC Vershina ESPN's Artem Gordya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angelo Nazario in the 70th minute of play. A collision led to Rivermania FC getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Angelo Nazario hit a great ball. In the 78th minute, Angelo Nazario fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Artem Gordya, passed just outside the right post. Ubaldo Pasqual hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. Arturo Sengrat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anatoliy Mintenko in the 84th minute of the match. If Angelo Nazario had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Rivermania FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented FC Vershina ESPN from taking control. The game ends in a draw.