U18 World League

El Sacro Estadio
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Cesar Lauro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute, Jacobo Cristofol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Felipe Steven took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Zbyszko Duda to make any attempt to save it. Cesar Lauro took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zbyszko Duda. Zbyszko Duda dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Aaron Bernad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dobromir Fafinski in the 25th minute of play. Purple Shadows's Zula Scislowicz got a good chance for a goal in the 29th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Sacro Balompié's Jacobo Cristofol got a free kick in the 30th minute. After 31 played minutes, Purple Shadows's Pawel Pieprz shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Aaron Bernad came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Purple Shadows reached it. In the 35th match minute, Purple Shadows was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dobromir Fafinski to maneuver through the defense. After 37 played minutes Purple Shadows got a freekick which was hit by Ryszard Patrylo. Gaudencio Medero blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zbyszko Duda having to make a save. Boguslaw Lamczyk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aaron Bernad having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zula Scislowicz to make the kick off. After recieving a nice pass, Purple Shadows's Pawel Pieprz tried to score from far away in the 53rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Aaron Bernad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boguslaw Lamczyk in the 57th minute of the match. Zbyszko Duda came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Sacro Balompié's Genaro Leguizamón. But to his dismay, Genaro Leguizamón quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Sacro Balompié made a substitution. Genaro Jakobe replaced Samuel Bikendi. After 68 minutes of play, Sacro Balompié's Genaro Leguizamón made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zbyszko Duda was left in no man's land by his defense there! Felipe Steven kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Maximiliano Chepe's late challenge caught a Purple Shadows's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maximiliano Chepe helped the player get up and apologised. 79 minutes into the match, Cesar Lauro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zbyszko Duda. Purple Shadows's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cesar Lauro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jacobo Cristofol during the 86th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Purple Shadows booed when Sacro Balompié was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jacobo Cristofol didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cesar Lauro in the 93rd minute of play forced Purple Shadows's goalkeeper Zbyszko Duda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes into the game, Sacro Balompié's Jacobo Cristofol nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zbyszko Duda made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0.