U18 World League

Legend Killer
Spectators: 7439 (Terracing: 5602, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 120) Ulises Fanjul started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Poulus Farias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toren Potterman in the 2nd minute of play. A collision led to RKO AFC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Ulises Fanjul hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lavan Ziton in the 7th minute of play forced RKO AFC's goalkeeper Poulus Farias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 9 minutes in the game, Jankel Veneziani dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. In the 12th minute, Toren Potterman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The G.R. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Eliashiv Dennon's late challenge caught a RKO AFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eliashiv Dennon helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of RKO AFC booed when G.R. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eliashiv Dennon didn't get a good kick on the ball. Romano Gaona sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toren Potterman in the 23rd minute of play forced RKO AFC's goalkeeper Poulus Farias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 24 minutes into the match, Romano Gaona dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Rozen Lipsky, 1-1. 28 minutes into the game, G.R.'s Jankel Veneziani nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Poulus Farias made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Lavan Ziton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Poulus Farias having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Toren Potterman in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Poulus Farias prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of G.R. booed when RKO AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adalberto Pellegri didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

G.R.'s Jedaiah Elishvili was substituted for Joshua Ziss. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Toren Potterman to strike the kick off in the second half. Toren Potterman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Poulus Farias made a huge save. Poulus Farias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lavan Ziton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute, Guido Ebensperger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 74 minutes, Jedaiah Elishvili mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the G.R. and the RKO AFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 78 minutes of play, G.R.'s Toren Potterman made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Poulus Farias was left in no man's land by his defense there! Adalberto Pellegri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 87th match minute, G.R. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hen Shukrun to maneuver through the defense. RKO AFC's Adalberto Pellegri couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 88th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for G.R.. In the 89th match minute, G.R. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jedaiah Elishvili to maneuver through the defense. Jedaiah Elishvili sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Gershon Uzan fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored G.R.'s protests and gave Gershon Uzan a yellow card for diving instead. Gershon Uzan kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. RKO AFC's Ulises Fanjul got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.