U18 World League

Black Crow
Spectators: 7509 (Terracing: 5632, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Branislav Murashko made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Valencia C.F. booed when FORTALEZA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Semen Sudarkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of FORTALEZA booed when Valencia C.F. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leon Ricketts didn't get a good kick on the ball. 12 minutes into the match, FORTALEZA's goal looked a bit too open when Leon Ricketts came free, but Valery Gurinovich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Valencia C.F.'s Leon Ricketts in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FORTALEZA's goalie prevented a goal. In the 19th minute of the match Donald Marshall sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Valery Gurinovich skillfully saved the ball. In the 24th minute, Patap Zinovik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valery Gurinovich didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Martyn Markham went, in the 27th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. FORTALEZA's Valery Gurinovich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leon Ricketts in the 31st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leon Ricketts in the 33rd minute of play forced FORTALEZA's goalkeeper Valery Gurinovich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valencia C.F.'s Martyn Markham got a good chance for a goal in the 34th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. FORTALEZA's Valery Gurinovich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martyn Markham in the 37th minute of play. Valery Gurinovich took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martyn Markham, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 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 Martyn Markham stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Martyn Markham hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, FORTALEZA's Boris Liahnovich got a free kick in the 58th minute. Valencia C.F.'s Leon Ricketts got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Semen Sudarkov hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Martyn Markham received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Valery Gurinovich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yaroslav Makarov kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, Patap Zinovik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 75 minutes, Leon Ricketts managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Valencia C.F.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Leon Ricketts was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Boris Liahnovich during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 77th match minute, FORTALEZA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Liahnovich to maneuver through the defense. Martyn Markham fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Valery Gurinovich having to interfere. Valery Gurinovich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martyn Markham in the 92nd minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Valencia C.F. left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FORTALEZA.