U18 World League

Gora Park
Spectators: 7742 (Terracing: 5808, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eldon Mills started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Warriors of Gora™ getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Rade Mrvaljević hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aleksandar Sokić in the 12th minute of play forced Recolta Alamor's goalkeeper Kerry Barajas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. German Whitley scored 0-1 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Njegovan Baletić, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Njegovan Baletić showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from German Whitley, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Warriors of Gora™'s Njegovan Baletić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eldon Mills in the 23rd minute of play. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Warriors of Gora™'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Felipe Jacques was slow to take the kick. During this time Recolta Alamor's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Recolta Alamor's Felipe Jacques to fire away a dangerous shot which Njegovan Baletić despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Adalberto Lamb came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Recolta Alamor fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Adalberto Lamb couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eldon Mills in the 28th minute of play forced Warriors of Gora™'s goalkeeper Njegovan Baletić to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Warriors of Gora™ getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Ninoslav Kujović hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Eldon Mills's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Njegovan Baletić was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Warriors of Gora™'s Aleksandar Sokić slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Kerry Barajas. That made the score 1-1 after 34 minutes of play. Recolta Alamor's Kerry Barajas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Recolta Alamor from getting a goal against them. Nenad Brajevac charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nenad Brajevac the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nenad Brajevac hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Feđa Zajić to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, German Whitley reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Njegovan Baletić. The goal made the score 1-2. Warriors of Gora™'s Njegovan Baletić proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Warriors of Gora™ from getting a goal against them. Zoran Čanović kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Eldon Mills managed to get in a good position for a shot. Recolta Alamor's supporters rose to their feet, but Eldon Mills was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Njegovan Baletić breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 70 played minutes Recolta Alamor got a freekick which was hit by Eldon Mills. Warriors of Gora™'s Njegovan Baletić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eldon Mills in the 73rd minute of play. Recolta Alamor's Kerry Barajas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Feđa Zajić in the 76th minute of play. 79 minutes into the game, Warriors of Gora™'s Nenad Brajevac nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kerry Barajas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. When Feđa Zajić fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Warriors of Gora™'s protests and gave Feđa Zajić a yellow card for diving instead. In the 85th match minute, Warriors of Gora™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Feđa Zajić to maneuver through the defense. In the 86th match minute, Warriors of Gora™ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Feđa Zajić to maneuver through the defense. The Recolta Alamor players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Warriors of Gora™ from taking control. The game ends in a draw.