U23 World League

Darzhas Stadium
Spectators: 7579 (Terracing: 5685, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nicasio Vargas took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th match minute, Harsh Gods was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jonas-Marius Petras to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Harsh Gods's zone, Victoriano Flor stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alius Amontas came out of the goal and Victoriano Flor tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 22nd minute, Nicasio Vargas made a precise shot to the right of Alius Amontas. Harsh Gods's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Domingo Johans made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stanislovas Jacys in the 26th minute. Filiberto Flor hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Domingo Johans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriele Meilutyte, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Qian Xiong took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Domingo Johans to make any attempt to save it. Harsh Gods's Alius Amontas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicasio Vargas in the 45th minute of play. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stanislovas Jacys to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Nicasio Vargas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alius Amontas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 55th minute Gabriele Meilutyte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Domingo Johans saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 57 minutes, Grant Verga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Papato Tatengue and the Harsh Gods players grew even worse after the yellow card. 59 minutes into the match, Gabriele Meilutyte had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Domingo Johans. Papato Tatengue's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gabriele Meilutyte was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 62nd minute, Laime Laime ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Domingo Johans was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Virginijus Tomkūnas's late challenge caught a Papato Tatengue's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Virginijus Tomkūnas helped the player get up and apologised. Virginijus Tomkūnas kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Nicasio Vargas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nicasio Vargas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Alius Amontas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 75 minutes into the match, Papato Tatengue's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriele Meilutyte came free, but Domingo Johans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gabriele Meilutyte in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Domingo Johans prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 80th minute, Justinas Andrikonis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Papato Tatengue's Sebastian Lawrence got a free kick in the 81st minute. The supporters of Harsh Gods booed when Papato Tatengue was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristián Belgrano didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 83 minutes, Vytaras Alesius managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Harsh Gods's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vytaras Alesius was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Harsh Gods's Alius Amontas got control of the ball when Nicasio Vargas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Grant Verga kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Harsh Gods defense, Nicasio Vargas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alius Amontas. The Harsh Gods fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alius Amontas should have stopped the shot. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Harsh Gods fans cheered their team off the field, for while Papato Tatengue had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.