U18 World League

Kolomna Arena
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pedro Finn took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Santos FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Darryl Pollard hit a great ball. Boris Kulagin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rusty Little having to interfere. A collision led to Unica FC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Veniamin Gerasimov hit a great ball. 17 minutes into the game, Santos FC's Jamar Burton nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Artem Rossohin made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Santos FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 21st minute, when Boris Kulagin scored to the left of an out of position Rusty Little, making the score, 1-1. Arseniy Kartashevskiy in the 26thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rusty Little, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Rusty Little made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arseniy Kartashevskiy in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Finn in the 30th minute of play forced Unica FC's goalkeeper Artem Rossohin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Boris Kulagin hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Santos FC's Rusty Little got control of the ball when Veniamin Gerasimov tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 41st minute, Arseniy Kartashevskiy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rusty Little was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Pedro Finn took the ball and in the 45 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Artem Rossohin. Artem Rossohin dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Arseniy Kartashevskiy made the kick off in the second half. In the 62nd minute, Arseniy Kartashevskiy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Unica FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. Artem Rossohin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jamar Burton, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Unica FC were furious when Artemiy Yarovenko was red carded, 71 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After a rather tough play, Unica FC's Artemiy Yarovenko got a free kick in the 71st minute. In the 75th match minute, Santos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benito Hyde to maneuver through the defense. Leon Burr's late challenge caught a Unica FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leon Burr helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Unica FC booed when Santos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Burr didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nikolay Sergeev sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rusty Little showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolay Sergeev in the 87th minute of the match. In the 88th minute Unica FC were awarded a corner. Oleg Ganzha went to the cornerflag to take it. Darrell Nava kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nikolay Sergeev in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rusty Little saved Santos FC from getting behind.