U21 World League

Legend Killer
Spectators: 7458 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 120) RKO AFC's Ulises Fanjul 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. 3 minutes into the match, Berry Giles had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Poulus Farias. RKO AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Berry Giles was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Berry Giles took the ball and in the 7 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Poulus Farias. Poulus Farias dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Poulus Farias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Berry Giles in the 13th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the game, Berry Giles cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Poulus Farias was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 20 minutes into the match, Berry Giles had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Poulus Farias. RKO AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Berry Giles was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. After 29 minutes of play, Flames FC's Orval Crow made it 0-7 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! Poulus Farias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ambrose Keen, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Poulus Farias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norbert Garland, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Poulus Farias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Berry Giles, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Norbert Garland might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Poulus Farias. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Norbert Garland ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 39th minute, Norbert Garland made a precise shot to the right of Poulus Farias. RKO AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-8. In the 44th minute, Norbert Garland ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Poulus Farias was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-9. After the first half Flames FC were leading 0-9. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Norbert Garland stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Orval Crow shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Poulus Farias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ambrose Keen in the 52nd minute of play forced RKO AFC's goalkeeper Poulus Farias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 53rd minute, Ambrose Keen made a precise shot to the right of Poulus Farias. RKO AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-10. In the 56th minute, Flames FC's Norbert Garland ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Poulus Farias. Poulus Farias yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-11. Flames FC made a substitution. Ellsworth Erwin replaced Chase Hale. 61 minutes into the game, Norbert Garland cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-12. Poulus Farias was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Poulus Farias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ambrose Keen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. RKO AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 66th minute, when Ambrose Keen scored to the left of an out of position Poulus Farias, making the score, 0-13. Donald Kearns scored 0-14 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Poulus Farias, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A hard shot 74 in the game by Norbert Garland from a close distance when the talented Poulus Farias managed to make a qualified save. RKO AFC's players were relieved. In the 75th match minute, RKO AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guido Ebensperger to maneuver through the defense. RKO AFC's Poulus Farias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save RKO AFC from getting a goal against them. When the match clock showed 85 minutes, the score became 0-15 when Norbert Garland sped through RKO AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Poulus Farias. 92 minutes into the match, Donald Kearns had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Poulus Farias. RKO AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Donald Kearns was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-17.