U18 World League

Patrik Jensrud
Spectators: 7564 (Terracing: 5674, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rafa Nadal kicked off to start the match. Felipe Corderro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Petras Tamašauskas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Felipe Corderro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Linas Mandraflis, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. In the 12th minute Valentas Daunoras suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Jonathan Pirmin's late challenge caught a FC Pegasas Siauliai's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jonathan Pirmin helped the player get up and apologised. In the 13th minute, Jonathan Pirmin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 14 minutes, Rosendo Cordearo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ and the FC Pegasas Siauliai players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 16th minute there was a penalty for FC Pegasas Siauliai. Klemensas Rožėnas stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Felipe Corderro. 0-1. In the 19th minute, Linas Mandraflis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Pegasas Siauliai fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. With his leg Vidas Lapukas managed to avoid a goal in the 22ndth minute, when CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Rafa Nadal fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Linas Mandraflis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Felipe Corderro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petras Tamašauskas in the 25th minute of play. Petras Tamašauskas succeeded in the game's 30th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-3. A collision led to FC Pegasas Siauliai getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Mantvydas Žalnerauskas hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute Rafa Nadal shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vidas Lapukas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafa Nadal in the 35th minute of play forced FC Pegasas Siauliai's goalkeeper Vidas Lapukas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Petras Tamašauskas scored 0-4 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Felipe Corderro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Felipe Corderro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mantvydas Žalnerauskas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Linas Mandraflis in the 41st minute of play forced CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's goalkeeper Felipe Corderro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Klemensas Rožėnas was slow to take the kick. During this time FC Pegasas Siauliai's players had a chance to rest. After 42 played minutes CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Pirmin. Klemensas Rožėnas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 43rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's Felipe Corderro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Linas Mandraflis in the 45th minute of play. Eigirdas Liubinskas was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 47 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 46th minute of the game. One of FC Pegasas Siauliai:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ:s goal.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Linas Mandraflis made a kick off. Linas Mandraflis charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Linas Mandraflis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 53rd minute, Linas Mandraflis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vidas Lapukas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Big Gato in the 55th minute of the match. Rafa Nadal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Vidas Lapukas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 71st minute, Erikas Motiekaitis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Linas Mandrafliss short, quick shot in the 75thth minute got Felipe Corderro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Rafa Nadal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Vidas Lapukas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erikas Motiekaitis kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Mantvydas Žalnerauskas's late challenge caught a CRISTOBAL TERRANOVA Ψ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mantvydas Žalnerauskas helped the player get up and apologised. The audience was convinced that Rafa Nadal's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vidas Lapukas was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Klemensas Rožėnas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Pegasas Siauliai's Vidas Lapukas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafa Nadal in the 91st minute of play. A collision led to FC Pegasas Siauliai getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Algimantas Dundulis hit a great ball. Vidas Lapukas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Felipe Duardo in the 96th minute of the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched FC Pegasas Siauliai eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.