U18 World League

Old Trafford
Spectators: 7732 (Terracing: 5800, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) Florencio Chico started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Lennart Merioja showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florencio Chico in the 7th minute of the match. After 9 minutes, Justo Ferrer mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CaNsErBeRo FC Ψ and the Kogimyae JK players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, CaNsErBeRo FC Ψ's Justo Ferrer got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 14th minute, Kogimyae JK's Henri Villem dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Florencio Chico in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lennart Merioja prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 18 minutes into the match, CaNsErBeRo FC Ψ's goalkeeper Ezequiel Eladio had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joonas Nõmmiste. Ronald Kask hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Lennart Merioja showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manuel Santo, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 22nd minute, Henri Villem reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ezequiel Eladio. The goal made the score 2-0. Henri Villem blasted a shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ezequiel Eladio having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Feliz in the 29th minute of play forced Kogimyae JK's goalkeeper Lennart Merioja to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ezequiel Eladio came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Kogimyae JK's Joonas Nõmmiste. But to his dismay, Joonas Nõmmiste quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. After 40 minutes, Froilan Benvide mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CaNsErBeRo FC Ψ and the Kogimyae JK players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, CaNsErBeRo FC Ψ's Froilan Benvide got a free kick in the 41st minute. 41 minutes into the match, Henri Villem had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ezequiel Eladio. CaNsErBeRo FC Ψ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Henri Villem was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Justo Ferrer lost his temper 45 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Henri Villem made a kick off. Joonas Nõmmiste hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Ezequiel Eladio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Henri Villem in the 61st minute of play. Ezequiel Eladio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Joonas Nõmmiste in the 64th minute of play. Gogo Miro's late challenge caught a Kogimyae JK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gogo Miro helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to CaNsErBeRo FC Ψ getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Manuel Santo hit a great ball. CaNsErBeRo FC Ψ's Manuel Santo got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of CaNsErBeRo FC Ψ booed when Kogimyae JK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ronald Kask didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lennart Merioja made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manuel Santo in the 94th minute of play. Lennart Merioja was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Manuel Santo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 6-1 in the 98 minute of play. Kogimyae JK's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.