U18 World League

Sun Li Ming
Spectators: 7702 (Terracing: 5778, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Benedict Hodgson started the match with the kick off. 10 minutes into the match, White Raven FC.'s goal looked a bit too open when Keefer Rishton came free, but Szabolcs Pölöskei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dávid Berecz hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benedict Hodgson in the 14th minute of play forced White Raven FC.'s goalkeeper Szabolcs Pölöskei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Todd Thomas made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Jakab Szakál sent off a good shot on target. Szabolcs Pölöskei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Keefer Rishton, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. 18 minutes into the game, Koppány Kőváry was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. White Raven FC.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave HASSELHOFF BABES the free kick. After a rather tough play, White Raven FC.'s Koppány Kőváry got a free kick in the 18th minute. 22 minutes into the game, Endre Márkus was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. White Raven FC.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave HASSELHOFF BABES the free kick. Endre Márkus kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Jakab Szakál's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Todd Thomas was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eliot Leydin during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 28 played minutes HASSELHOFF BABES got a freekick which was hit by Eliot Leydin. After some careless play in the White Raven FC. defense, Keefer Rishton kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Szabolcs Pölöskei. The White Raven FC. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Szabolcs Pölöskei should have stopped the shot. In the 36th minute of the match Eliot Leydin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Szabolcs Pölöskei showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Béla Lantos's late challenge caught a HASSELHOFF BABES's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Béla Lantos helped the player get up and apologised. If Keefer Rishton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute, Benedict Hodgson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Szabolcs Pölöskei was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. In the 47th minute, Benedict Hodgson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jakab Szakál stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the match, White Raven FC.'s goal looked a bit too open when Keefer Rishton came free, but Szabolcs Pölöskei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 57thth minute of the game Jakab Szakál who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but HASSELHOFF BABES's Todd Thomas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice moves Benedict Hodgson could shoot a difficult shot in the 58th minute, which Szabolcs Pölöskei however easily saved by the left post. Keefer Rishton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Szabolcs Pölöskei having to interfere. Attila Gergely scored 1-2 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Todd Thomas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dávid Lisztes hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arthur Todman during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 73 minutes into the match, White Raven FC.'s Dávid Berecz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Todd Thomas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Todd Thomas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jakab Szakál in the 74th minute of the match. After 76 played minutes White Raven FC. got a freekick which was hit by Ábel Horváth. White Raven FC.'s Szabolcs Pölöskei proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save White Raven FC. from getting a goal against them. Szabolcs Pölöskei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Keefer Rishton, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Todd Thomas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jakab Szakál's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched HASSELHOFF BABES eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.