U18 World League

Stade St. Léonard
Spectators: 7975 (Terracing: 5983, Seating: 1834, VIP seats: 158) Arrecifes's Abel Egoitz 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. Baldomero Vermudo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Blaise Näf in the 5th minute. Baldomero Vermudo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Davide Gubser in the 7th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Arrecifes's Bernardo Abad got a free kick in the 20th minute. In the 32nd minute Arrecifes were awarded a corner. Bernardo Abad went to the cornerflag to take it. Arrecifes's Raul Toro was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Chris Lang in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The referee felt a red card was in order, 37 minutes into the game, when August Ehrenbolger put in a rough tackle. After 38 played minutes Olympique Fribourg got a freekick which was hit by August Ehrenbolger. In the 41st minute Froilan Cutberto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chris Lang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46thth minute of the game Froilan Cutberto who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Olympique Fribourg's Chris Lang was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Martin Zinsli was the one to do the kick off. After 60 minutes of play, Arrecifes's Froilan Cutberto made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chris Lang was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 65th minute, Froilan Cutberto reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Chris Lang. The goal made the score 0-2. Arrecifes's Lisandro Geofredo was substituted for Raul Toro. In the 69th minute the ball was on its way in behind Olympique Fribourg's goalkeeper Chris Lang, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Froilan Cutberto took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Chris Lang to make any attempt to save it. Froilan Cutberto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Chris Lang read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 76th minute of play. Chris Lang showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Egoitz, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Froilan Cutberto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Chris Lang read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 85th minute of play. Chris Lang made an important save on a dangerous shot by Froilan Cutberto in the 88th minute. If Froilan Cutberto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Chris Lang made an important save on a dangerous shot by Froilan Cutberto in the 92nd minute. A throw-in in the 94th minute of the game was made by Uli Bieri with Karsten Eggers as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The Arrecifes players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.