U18 World League

Manly Oval
Spectators: 7749 (Terracing: 5813, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kent Barling took the kick off in the first half of the match. Trayko Palikov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stevie Gerrard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vangel Gevrenov charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vangel Gevrenov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 6th minute, Manly FC's Kent Barling ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Trayko Palikov. Trayko Palikov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. After a rather tough play, VN BAKITO's Lazar Tushev got a free kick in the 21st minute. Stevie Gerrard's late challenge caught a VN BAKITO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stevie Gerrard helped the player get up and apologised. In the 23rd match minute, Manly FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stevie Gerrard to maneuver through the defense. In the 32nd minute, Kent Barling hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 35 minutes into the match, Stevie Gerrard had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Trayko Palikov. VN BAKITO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stevie Gerrard was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Kirby Chant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yane Stranski in the 41st minute of the match. Kirby Chant showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yane Stranski in the 43rd minute of the match. With a little luck, VN BAKITO's Trayko Palikov got control of the ball when Kent Barling tried to sneak it across the goal line.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vangel Gevrenov made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kent Barling in the 59th minute of play forced VN BAKITO's goalkeeper Trayko Palikov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trayko Palikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stevie Gerrard in the 65th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fletcher Brennand in the 67th minute of play forced VN BAKITO's goalkeeper Trayko Palikov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 73 minutes into the game, Fletcher Brennand cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Trayko Palikov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Manly FC's Niles Kuskoff was substituted for Marcus Didlick. The audience was convinced that Kent Barling's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Trayko Palikov was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Toma Vardev kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Trayko Palikov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stevie Gerrard, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Trayko Palikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kent Barling in the 83rd minute of the match. The supporters of Manly FC booed when VN BAKITO was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Borimir Dragiev didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 87th minute Neale Franklin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Trayko Palikov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Manly FC's Stevie Gerrard got a free kick in the 88th minute. Kirby Chant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yane Stranski in the 91st minute. Trayko Palikov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cullen Fordham in the 95th minute of the match. Stevie Gerrard scored 6-0 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Trayko Palikov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Manly FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.