U18 World League

Cielo di Tocopilla
Spectators: 8057 (Terracing: 6044, Seating: 1853, VIP seats: 160) Zorros del Desierto's Nino Maravilha 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. Zero Gravity's Benoit Van Heurick played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerry Maguire in the 6th minute of play. Samo Rano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benoit Van Heurick having to interfere. With an all-out effort, Zorros del Desierto's Benoit Van Heurick threw himself towards the right post 9 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Saturnino Albrecht, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jullian Van Castel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonel Santana having to interfere. In the 14th minute Jullian Van Castel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonel Santana saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the game, Samo Rano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zorros del Desierto's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zero Gravity the free kick. In the 15th match minute, Zorros del Desierto was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Samo Rano to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th minute, Remie Dirckx hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 19th minute, Nino Maravilha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zorros del Desierto fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Benoit Van Heurick came out of the goal in the 22nd minute to try and stop a shot by Zorros del Desierto's Jerry Maguire. But to his dismay, Jerry Maguire quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. From close distance Nino Maravilha pressed in the 3-0 goal high up into nets stiches in the right cross 26 minutes into the game. In the 29th minute, Andrez Dams left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zero Gravity fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. In the 39th minute Zero Gravity were awarded a corner. Jacq Van den Berghe went to the cornerflag to take it. Leonel Santana showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrez Dams in the 43rd minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Jullian Van Castel made the kick off in the second half. Benoit Van Heurick made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nino Maravilha in the 51st minute of play. 52 minutes into the match, Andrez Dams dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Leonel Santana, 3-2. Zorros del Desierto made a substitution. Rodolfo Aranda replaced Samo Rano. Benoit Van Heurick came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Zorros del Desierto's Jerry Maguire. But to his dismay, Jerry Maguire quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Jerry Maguire scored 5-2 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benoit Van Heurick, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 72 minutes into the match, Jerry Maguire notched a goal, 6-2, to the right of Zero Gravity's Benoit Van Heurick. Benoit Van Heurick was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 76th minute, Zero Gravity's Jullian Van Castel dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 6-3. The supporters of Zero Gravity booed when Zorros del Desierto was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ezequiel Carillanca didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Zero Gravity's Kobe Steckens got a free kick in the 83rd minute. Zero Gravity's Benoit Van Heurick played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jerry Maguire in the 84th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Nino Maravilha managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zorros del Desierto's supporters rose to their feet, but Nino Maravilha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benoit Van Heurick breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Zorros del Desierto's Leonel Santana got control of the ball when Andrez Dams tried to sneak it across the goal line. Damián Fouillioux hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Leonel Santana acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 92nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Jacq Van den Berghe. 95 minutes into the game, Rodolfo Aranda was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Zorros del Desierto's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zero Gravity the free kick. A collision led to Zorros del Desierto getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Rodolfo Aranda hit a great ball. Zorros del Desierto were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Zero Gravity for a fine match.