U18 World League

Don Pepe
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) Juan Manuel Martínez started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 6 minutes into the match, GuateFortín's goal looked a bit too open when Benedykt Flis came free, but German Montoya reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tadeusz Dubiel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Valenzuela in the 9th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in A State Of Trance's zone, Gabriel Brizuela stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tadeusz Dubiel came out of the goal and Gabriel Brizuela tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 21st minute Benedykt Flis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but German Montoya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Benedykt Flis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The A State Of Trance fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedykt Flis in the 27th minute of play forced GuateFortín's goalkeeper German Montoya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 29 minutes GuateFortín's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Iwan Dziuma who took care of the corner kick. 35 minutes into the match, A State Of Trance's Benedykt Flis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that German Montoya narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 36th minute Sylwester Kaczor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but German Montoya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedykt Flis in the 39th minute of play forced GuateFortín's goalkeeper German Montoya to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Benedykt Flis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juan Manuel Martínez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sylwester Kaczor was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, A State Of Trance's Iwan Dziuma got a free kick in the 51st minute. The supporters of A State Of Trance booed when GuateFortín was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gabriel Brizuela didn't get a good kick on the ball. GuateFortín's Rolando Hidalgo was substituted for Ricardo Mora. In a very dangerous position, a player in GuateFortín fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 59th minute. Penalty! Iwan Dziuma shot the penalty kick right outside the post. GuateFortín's Christian Del Carmen was substituted for Félix Santana. If Rolando Hidalgo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. German Montoya came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by A State Of Trance's Benedykt Flis. But to his dismay, Benedykt Flis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Jaime Alvarez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Tadeusz Dubiel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. GuateFortín's German Montoya played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwan Dziuma in the 88th minute of play. German Montoya was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Benedykt Flis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 89 minute of play. The GuateFortín fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. A State Of Trance were clearly better and deserved to take the win.