U18 World League

Kalahari Desert
Spectators: 7504 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) Fabio Rapa started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Valentin Etor hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. After having played for 5 minutes, Fabio Rapa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Meerkats FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fabio Rapa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alfred Pavia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Humberto Sotero made a huge save. 8 minutes into the game, Valentin Etor was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. SuperChango's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Meerkats FC the free kick. In the 9th match minute, SuperChango was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eulalio Sotero to maneuver through the defense. In the 17th minute, Stephen Bonnici hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stephen Bonnici made in the 23rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by SuperChango's Fausto Leheren. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelino Isadore in the 30th minute of play forced Meerkats FC's goalkeeper William Troisi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Marcelino Isadore's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but William Troisi was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, SuperChango's Valentin Etor got a free kick in the 38th minute. Arthur Teuma struck a weak shot in the 44th minute. Humberto Sotero didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Meerkats FC. In the 47th minute Arthur Teuma shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Humberto Sotero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marcelino Isadore to make the kick off. In the 63rd minute, Arthur Teuma made a precise shot to the right of Humberto Sotero. SuperChango's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. SuperChango's Valentin Etor managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Stephen Bonnici in the 66 minute of the game. Stephen Bonnici kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Humberto Sotero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antoine Miggiani in the 69th minute of the match. Humberto Sotero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timothy De Battista in the 76th minute of the match. A throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game was made by Stephen Bonnici with Arthur Teuma as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Humberto Sotero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arthur Teuma, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Meerkats FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.