U18 World League

Jurand Cichewski
Spectators: 7746 (Terracing: 5811, Seating: 1781, VIP seats: 154) Karamázov's Pablo Blai 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. After 6 minutes, Carmelo Quinto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Karamázov and the Unidad de Matanza players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Karamázov's Carmelo Quinto got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 7th minute, a hard, long distance shot from Uriel Perico hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. Octavio Raymond showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pablo Blai in the 12th minute of the match. 16 minutes into the game, Karamázov's Rogelio Galo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Octavio Raymond made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Octavio Raymond made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pablo Blai in the 20th minute of play. Roman Elequemedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leon Pero in the 22nd minute of play. After 24 played minutes Unidad de Matanza got a freekick which was hit by Eustaquio Dunixi. Octavio Raymond showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pablo Blai, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Karamázov's Roman Elequemedo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Karamázov from getting a goal against them. In the 32nd match minute, Unidad de Matanza was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eustaquio Dunixi to maneuver through the defense. Unidad de Matanza's Octavio Raymond played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rogelio Galo in the 34th minute of play. In the 36th minute of the match Karamázov got a corner. Unidad de Matanza's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ambrosio Ishmael ran over to the corner to take the kick. 38 minutes into the game, Leon Pero was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Unidad de Matanza's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Karamázov the free kick. After 47 minutes of play, Karamázov's Pablo Blai made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Octavio Raymond was left in no man's land by his defense there! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

52 minutes into the match, Unidad de Matanza's goalkeeper Octavio Raymond had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pablo Blai. Octavio Raymond came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by Karamázov's Rogelio Galo. But to his dismay, Rogelio Galo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. In the 58th minute Leon Pero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Elequemedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 59th minute, Ubaldo Juvenal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ambrosio Ishmael kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. 65 minutes into the match, Karamázov's goal looked a bit too open when Melchor Montes came free, but Roman Elequemedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Octavio Raymond showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pablo Blai, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. After a rather tough play, Unidad de Matanza's Leon Pero got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Pablo Blai blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Octavio Raymond having to make a save. Karamázov's Roman Elequemedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jose Muno in the 77th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jose Muno in the 77th minute of play forced Karamázov's goalkeeper Roman Elequemedo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 88 minutes into the game, one of Karamázov:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Unidad de Matanza a penalty, 90 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Uriel Perico, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Karamázov's Roman Elequemedo. 1-3. In the 94thth minute of the game Jose Muno who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Karamázov's Roman Elequemedo was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rogelio Galo got free with Octavio Raymond in the 98th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rogelio Galo's late challenge caught a Unidad de Matanza's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rogelio Galo helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Karamázov getting a freekick after 99 minutes play. Rogelio Galo hit a great ball. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Karamázov had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.