U18 World League

Ritual87
Spectators: 7462 (Terracing: 5597, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Miguel Bernebe started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Laziali's goalkeeper Tihomir Zerdev had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Miguel Bernebe. Inocencio Erroman kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Umbekannt87's goal looked a bit too open when Kuncho Padarev came free, but Prospero Henry reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Prospero Henry stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valentin Gyudurov's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. Prospero Henry made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Argir Fikov in the 18th minute of play. After some careless play in the Umbekannt87 defense, Valentin Gyudurov kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Prospero Henry. The Umbekannt87 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Prospero Henry should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Argir Fikov in the 29th minute of play forced Umbekannt87's goalkeeper Prospero Henry to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Prospero Henry made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zlatko Hasin in the 33rd minute of play. Prospero Henry showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valentin Gyudurov in the 35th minute of the match. Prospero Henry showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zlatko Hasin, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After 37 played minutes Umbekannt87 got a freekick which was hit by Leandro Acuña. Zlatko Hasin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Prospero Henry having to interfere. After having played for 40 minutes, Zlatko Hasin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Laziali's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zlatko Hasin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 44th minute, Umbekannt87's Anselmo Beltxe dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Zlatko Hasin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Argir Fikov to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valentin Gyudurov in the 58th minute of play forced Umbekannt87's goalkeeper Prospero Henry to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 65 minutes into the match, Zlatko Hasin notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Umbekannt87's Prospero Henry. Prospero Henry was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Prospero Henry made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Gyudurov in the 69th minute of play. When Jesus Mergildo fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Umbekannt87's protests and gave Jesus Mergildo a yellow card for diving instead. Jesus Mergildo kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Umbekannt87's Prospero Henry proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Umbekannt87 from getting a goal against them. Prospero Henry was out of position in the 75 minute of play, and Zlatko Hasin capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Zlatko Hasin really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. 80 minutes into the game, Argir Fikov lined in a short shot 1-4 behind a frustrated Prospero Henry. 90 minutes into the match, Leandro Acuña had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tihomir Zerdev. Laziali's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Leandro Acuña was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-5. The Umbekannt87 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Laziali were clearly better and deserved to take the win.