U18 World League

El gigante del NORTE
Spectators: 7483 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Attila Hohnjec made the kick off and thus started the match. Benjamin Acevedo was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 4th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 9 minutes into the match, CA INCAS's goal looked a bit too open when Jaka Vinger came free, but Albino Bras reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Riko Svatovšek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Albino Bras was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. In the 16th minute, Attila Hohnjec ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Albino Bras was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Attila Hohnjec fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albino Bras having to interfere. After some careless play in the CA INCAS defense, Jaka Vinger kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Albino Bras. The CA INCAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Albino Bras should have stopped the shot. Vasko Osmić recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 36th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jaka Vinger during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 37th minute, Jaka Vinger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 47th minute Celestino Ieltxu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zdravko Mavri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

After a defensive mix-up in HIT Gorica's zone, Delmar Hustaz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zdravko Mavri came out of the goal and Delmar Hustaz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Celestino Ieltxu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Zdravko Mavri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zdravko Mavri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Delmar Hustaz in the 58th minute of play. Zdravko Mavri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Celestino Ieltxu, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Saul Eskuin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. HIT Gorica's Georgij Beguš was substituted for Gliša Bozja. The audience thought a goal was coming when Riko Svatovšek got free with Albino Bras in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Celestino Ieltxu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zdravko Mavri having to interfere. After a rather tough play, HIT Gorica's Attila Hohnjec got a free kick in the 74th minute. HIT Gorica's Nik Pokec was substituted for Muharem Razdevšek. After 75 played minutes HIT Gorica got a freekick which was hit by Attila Hohnjec. If Celestino Ieltxu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Saul Eskuin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Riko Svatovšek kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. Albino Bras showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Attila Hohnjec in the 92nd minute of the match. When Attila Hohnjec came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the HIT Gorica fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Attila Hohnjec couldn't finish the play. HIT Gorica's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.