U18 World League

Cika Daca Arena
Spectators: 7467 (Terracing: 5601, Seating: 1717, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Arbas Sacristán kicked off to start the match. Quinton Pujol showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikola Tesla, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Quinton Pujol made an important save on a dangerous shot by Grozdan Virijević in the 6th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 7 minutes, Quinton Pujol successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Guter Puig kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Mladen Bokić made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Guter Puig in the 13th minute of play. In the 15th minute, Guter Puig ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mladen Bokić was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. With his leg Quinton Pujol managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Nikola Tesla fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 27th minute, Guter Puig made a precise shot to the right of Mladen Bokić. Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Arbas Sacristán fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mladen Bokić having to interfere. With a little luck, Los Colegas del Barrio's Quinton Pujol got control of the ball when Nikola Tesla tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nikola Tesla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When Amuruza Echavarri fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Los Colegas del Barrio's protests and gave Amuruza Echavarri a yellow card for diving instead. After 35 played minutes Los Colegas del Barrio got a freekick which was hit by Amuruza Echavarri. Quinton Pujol took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vladislav Lalević, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 41 played minutes, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Aleksa Avramović shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Quinton Pujol 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 Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ reached it. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Arbas Sacristán managed to get in a good position for a shot. Los Colegas del Barrio's supporters rose to their feet, but Arbas Sacristán was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Mladen Bokić breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nikola Tesla to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute Nikola Tesla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Quinton Pujol saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Arbas Sacristán had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Mladen Bokić proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™ from getting a goal against them. In the 60th minute, Nikola Tesla got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Quinton Pujol showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grozdan Virijević, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Aleksa Avramović hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Mladen Bokić got control of the ball when Xabier Roman tried to sneak it across the goal line. Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Mladen Bokić played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arbas Sacristán in the 65th minute of play. After 67 minutes of play, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Vladislav Lalević made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Quinton Pujol was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a little luck, Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s Mladen Bokić got control of the ball when Arbas Sacristán tried to sneak it across the goal line. Quinton Pujol stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nikola Tesla's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. 94 minutes into the match, Los Colegas del Barrio's goal looked a bit too open when Nikola Tesla came free, but Quinton Pujol reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Radnicki 1923 Kg-Stars™'s supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.