U18 World League

The Dream Park
Spectators: 7673 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) Sirius Dog's Feliciano Darien 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. In the 8th match minute, Tarada was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Erasmus Fries to maneuver through the defense. Feliciano Darien fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Timothee Kuoni having to interfere. Timothee Kuoni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Feliciano Darien in the 21st minute of the match. 25 minutes into the match, Tarada's goal looked a bit too open when Ernesto Jorrin came free, but Timothee Kuoni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Feliciano Darien in the 26th minute of play forced Tarada's goalkeeper Timothee Kuoni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 27 minutes, Erasmus Fries mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tarada and the Sirius Dog players grew even worse after the yellow card. Leverett Trierweiler hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 39th minute of the game. One of Tarada:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Sirius Dog:s goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pippin Naumann to make the kick off. In the 57th minute, Vladimiro Aguirre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Sirius Dog getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Zacarias Jakobe hit a great ball. If Cornelio Cordaro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arnold Moos hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. 68 minutes into the match, Sirius Dog's goal looked a bit too open when Herald Schellhammer came free, but Nereo Pello reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erasmus Fries kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Tarada's Timothee Kuoni proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Tarada from getting a goal against them. Ernesto Jorrin recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Leverett Trierweiler kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. Sirius Dog's Danilo Pagomari couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Tarada. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tarada's goalkeeper Timothee Kuoni, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Zacarias Jakobe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Timothee Kuoni having to interfere. Lewis Mäder charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lewis Mäder the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Tarada getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Lewis Mäder hit a great ball. Zacarias Jakobe received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Timothee Kuoni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nereo Pello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pippin Naumann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match was over Sirius Dog could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Tarada throughout the match.