U18 World League

Estadio Guayquiraró
Spectators: 7540 (Terracing: 5656, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) G.R.'s Toren Potterman 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Reuven Speyer during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, G.R.'s Reuven Speyer got a free kick in the 4th minute. Rozen Lipsky showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Gaztea, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Juan Perrando showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reuven Speyer in the 12th minute of the match. Juan Perrando made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toren Potterman in the 14th minute of play. In the 19th minute, Donato Gaztea 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. 23 minutes into the match, G.R.'s goal looked a bit too open when Cosme Ayala came free, but Rozen Lipsky reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rafael Belas short, quick shot in the 24thth minute got Rozen Lipsky to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. G.R.'s Rozen Lipsky played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donato Gaztea in the 25th minute of play. Rozen Lipsky came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by NUMBA's Cosme Ayala. But to his dismay, Cosme Ayala quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cosme Ayala got free with Rozen Lipsky in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 44th minute, Donato Gaztea ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rozen Lipsky was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Donato Gaztea to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Rafael Bela had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rozen Lipsky. G.R.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rafael Bela was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Eliashiv Dennon kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Donato Gaztea struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Rozen Lipsky didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for NUMBA. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Cosme Ayala managed to get in a good position for a shot. NUMBA's supporters rose to their feet, but Cosme Ayala was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rozen Lipsky breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. NUMBA's Juan Perrando played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reuven Speyer in the 76th minute of play. After 78 minutes NUMBA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Giovanni Ben Yochay who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Giovanni Ben Yochay got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Juan Perrando quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to G.R. getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Reuven Speyer hit a great ball. Rozen Lipsky didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rafael Bela went, in the 84th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. After 87 played minutes NUMBA got a freekick which was hit by Enzo Gagriel. Rozen Lipsky took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Donato Gaztea, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Cosme Ayala came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the NUMBA 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 Cosme Ayala couldn't finish the play. NUMBA walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.