U21 World League

☆ Minas Tirith ☆
Spectators: 7861 (Terracing: 5897, Seating: 1808, VIP seats: 156) StardustRevolution's Danilo Mannuel 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. 4 minutes into the match, StardustRevolution's goal looked a bit too open when King Thorin came free, but Sergio Nazario reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 7 minutes, Timoteo Isusko mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the StardustRevolution and the Gondor FC™ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 7 played minutes StardustRevolution got a freekick which was hit by Timoteo Isusko. StardustRevolution's attentive Braulio Chorche managed to snatch the ball when Belimir Gondolf made a throw-in in the 9th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, StardustRevolution's Danilo Mannuel got a free kick in the 10th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bard Bowman in the 11th minute of play forced StardustRevolution's goalkeeper Sergio Nazario to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sergio Nazario showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bard Bowman in the 12th minute of the match. Tahir Srna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicanor Pueblo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. King Thorin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 26 minutes into the game, King Thorin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Sergio Nazario was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bard Bowman in the 39th minute of play forced StardustRevolution's goalkeeper Sergio Nazario to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Husein Bilalović got free with Sergio Nazario in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. During the 44th minute of the match Timoteo Isusko completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Timoteo Isusko a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Gondor FC™ booed when StardustRevolution was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Timoteo Isusko didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell King Thorin to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, StardustRevolution's Andy Veloz got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Aragorn King blasted a shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sergio Nazario having to make a save. When Bard Bowman came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Gondor FC™ 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 Bard Bowman couldn't finish the play. Andy Veloz hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Sergio Nazario made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from King Thorin in the 60th minute of play. Bard Bowman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergio Nazario having to interfere. Gondor FC™ made a substitution. Metin Božić replaced Aragorn King. In the 67th minute, Saverio Malvin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to StardustRevolution getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Saverio Malvin hit a great ball. 72 minutes into the match, Elfar Elrond notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of StardustRevolution's Sergio Nazario. Sergio Nazario was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Elfar Elrond succeeded in the game's 75th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. Husein Bilalović fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sergio Nazario having to interfere. The supporters of Gondor FC™ booed when StardustRevolution was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Niceto Bizen didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute of the match Amar Amautović shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sergio Nazario showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Sergio Nazario came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Gondor FC™'s Bard Bowman. But to his dismay, Bard Bowman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Bard Bowman scored 5-0 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sergio Nazario, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sergio Nazario made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elfar Elrond in the 94th minute of play.