U18 World League

Field of Despair
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aldo Shantala started the match with the kick off. After 6 minutes, Domingos Leguizamón mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arroyito FC and the Möhnsen FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Arroyito FC's Domingos Leguizamón got a free kick in the 6th minute. Knut Kuschel struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Ubaldo Jago didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Möhnsen FC. Domingos Leguizamón recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Möhnsen FC's Timo Elgert got a free kick in the 22nd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aldo Shantala in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Konrad Bogs saved Möhnsen FC from getting behind. A collision led to Arroyito FC getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Domingos Leguizamón hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Knut Kuschel got free with Ubaldo Jago in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ubaldo Jago showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Knut Kuschel in the 28th minute of the match. Arroyito FC's Astor Mikeldi got a good chance for a goal in the 30th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Möhnsen FC's Timo Elgert got a free kick in the 32nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Astor Mikeldi in the 33rd minute of play forced Möhnsen FC's goalkeeper Konrad Bogs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ubaldo Jago made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Tim Hermes sent off a good shot on target. Dante Totakoxe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konrad Bogs having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jes Klanthe during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Arroyito FC booed when Möhnsen FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jes Klanthe didn't get a good kick on the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jes Klanthe was the one to do the kick off. In the 55th minute Aldo Shantala shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konrad Bogs saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Arroyito FC's Dante Totakoxe got a free kick in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jes Klanthe in the 57th minute of play forced Arroyito FC's goalkeeper Ubaldo Jago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tim Hermes scored 1-0 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ubaldo Jago, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ubaldo Jago took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Günther Kaiser, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 70th minute, Cecilio Vincent hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Flavio Iyan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 81 minutes, Tim Hermes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Möhnsen FC and the Arroyito FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Arroyito FC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Cecilio Vincent hit a great ball. Möhnsen FC's Jes Klanthe got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Astor Mikeldi was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 89th minute. Arroyito FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the Arroyito FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Möhnsen FC.