U18 World League

Gass arena
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jiří Vrbický took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to SK Slavoj Vyšehrad getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Štefan Pernička hit a great ball. After 4 minutes, Vladimír Hanžl mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SK Slavoj Vyšehrad and the XMAS players grew even worse after the yellow card. Vladimír Hanžl kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes into the match, SK Slavoj Vyšehrad's goal looked a bit too open when Alessandro Vettori came free, but Radan Steiner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Svatoslav Vašina blasted a shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Concetto Garibaldi having to make a save. Jiří Vrbický let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 9th minute shot 1-0 at rihgt post. Vladimír Hanžl got his second yellow card in the match during the 11th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 13th minute Christian Zaccardi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radan Steiner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of SK Slavoj Vyšehrad booed when XMAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabrizio Eboli didn't get a good kick on the ball. Radan Steiner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Enzo Alfonsi in the 18th minute of the match. In the 20th minute, Svatoslav Vašina reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Concetto Garibaldi. The goal made the score 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Svatoslav Vašina in the 26th minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Concetto Garibaldi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 28 played minutes SK Slavoj Vyšehrad got a freekick which was hit by Svatoslav Vašina. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miloslav Pícha in the 30th minute of play forced XMAS's goalkeeper Concetto Garibaldi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ennio De Nardis in the 31st minute of play forced SK Slavoj Vyšehrad's goalkeeper Radan Steiner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Concetto Garibaldi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Svatoslav Vašina went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ennio De Nardis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Miloslav Pícha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 55th minute, Fabrizio Eboli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Concetto Garibaldi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miloslav Pícha, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 59th minute, Miloslav Pícha ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Concetto Garibaldi was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. After 62 minutes, Enzo Alfonsi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the XMAS and the SK Slavoj Vyšehrad players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 62nd minute, Enzo Alfonsi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Miloslav Pícha struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Concetto Garibaldi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SK Slavoj Vyšehrad. Eugenio Casiraghi charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eugenio Casiraghi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 65th match minute, XMAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugenio Casiraghi to maneuver through the defense. Svatoslav Vašina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Concetto Garibaldi having to interfere. Concetto Garibaldi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miloslav Pícha, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. Concetto Garibaldi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Miloslav Pícha in the 86th minute of the match. 90 minutes into the match, Miloslav Pícha notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of XMAS's Concetto Garibaldi. Concetto Garibaldi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Fabrizio Eboli charged in rather forcefully in the 96th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fabrizio Eboli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of SK Slavoj Vyšehrad booed when XMAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabrizio Eboli didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The SK Slavoj Vyšehrad fans cheered their team off the field, for while XMAS had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.