U18 World League

Carlos Bianchi
Spectators: 7496 (Terracing: 5623, Seating: 1724, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hannes Pulver started the match with the kick off. If Herminio Perfecto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 5 minutes of play, Deportivo Mukenio's Herminio Perfecto made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bert Vihmann was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 9th minute, Herminio Perfecto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cristian Eleder took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kusti Olev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bert Vihmann had great luck who in the 13thth minute grab hold of the ball when Desiderio Bieito from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 26th minute Desiderio Bieito shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bert Vihmann saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 30thth minute of the game Desiderio Bieito who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC Hugo's Bert Vihmann was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bert Vihmann didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Deportivo Mukenio's Desiderio Bieito shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Bert Vihmann showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Desiderio Bieito in the 40th minute of the match. Desiderio Bieito might have been able to make a better finish in the 44th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bert Vihmann. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Desiderio Bieito ran back to his position shaking his head. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Desiderio Bieito to make the kick off. Desiderio Bieito took the ball and in the 51 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bert Vihmann. Bert Vihmann dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Hannes Pulver's late challenge caught a Deportivo Mukenio's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hannes Pulver helped the player get up and apologised. In the 54th match minute, FC Hugo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hannes Pulver to maneuver through the defense. Hannes Pulver sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Deportivo Mukenio's defense didn't have a chance, in the 62nd minute, when Kusti Olev scored to the left of an out of position Cristian Eleder, making the score, 3-2. If Kusti Olev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hannes Pulver made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 78thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Cristian Eleder would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. In the 83rd minute, Desiderio Bieito got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. With his leg Cristian Eleder managed to avoid a goal in the 89thth minute, when FC Hugo's Hannes Pulver fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Deportivo Mukenio had won after a very even match.