U18 World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7969 (Terracing: 5978, Seating: 1833, VIP seats: 158) C.A. Husky's Vladimir Salgado 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aureliusz Tarasek in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Xanti Costa saved C.A. Husky from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Red Devils's Slawomir Bury got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 10th minute, Santiago Montaña got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Xanti Costa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zbyszko Hoffman in the 13th minute of play. After some careless play in the Red Devils defense, Vladimir Salgado kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Witomir Brak. The Red Devils fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Witomir Brak should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jordi Ucero during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 23rd minute Bernabé Rossello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Witomir Brak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xanti Costa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Oliszewski in the 28th minute of play. After 29 played minutes Red Devils got a freekick which was hit by Zbyszko Hoffman. Vladimir Salgado kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. A collision led to C.A. Husky getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Esquipula Alcantara hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hugon Wierzbicki during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Red Devils getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Hugon Wierzbicki hit a great ball. In the 46th minute of the match Anakoz Segarra shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Witomir Brak showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 47 minutes into the match, Santiago Montaña notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Red Devils's Witomir Brak. Witomir Brak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Julian Oliszewski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to C.A. Husky getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Matxin Macia hit a great ball. The supporters of C.A. Husky booed when Red Devils was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ludomir Piczak didn't get a good kick on the ball. Witomir Brak acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 57th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Anakoz Segarra. Xanti Costa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dominik Biraga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 59 played minutes C.A. Husky got a freekick which was hit by Jordi Ucero. Through an outstanding action, after 61 minutes, Witomir Brak successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Witomir Brak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernabé Rossello, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Teo Esperta managed to get in a good position for a shot. C.A. Husky's supporters rose to their feet, but Teo Esperta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Witomir Brak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fryderyk Brack sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to C.A. Husky getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Teo Esperta hit a great ball. Teo Esperta's late challenge caught a Red Devils's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Teo Esperta helped the player get up and apologised. Fryderyk Brack hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. The supporters of C.A. Husky booed when Red Devils was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 83 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dominik Biraga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Xanti Costa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fryderyk Brack, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After 96 minutes, Julian Oliszewski made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. C.A. Husky's Xanti Costa tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The C.A. Husky supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing C.A. Husky would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.