U18 World League

Santiago Guatemala
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yanick Schicklgruber started the match with the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Jimenez got free with Robert Behrens in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 7 minutes, Timo Koenig mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ＫÎＬＬÎＫ and the Real Madrid de Guatemala players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to ＫÎＬＬÎＫ getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Timo Koenig hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Alberto Jimenez kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Robert Behrens. That made the score 1-0 in the 13 minute of play. After a rather tough play, ＫÎＬＬÎＫ's Timo Koenig got a free kick in the 16th minute. Real Madrid de Guatemala's Shawn Cruz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernhardt Kiesenebner in the 22nd minute of play. Alberto Jimenez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Robert Behrens made a huge save. 33 minutes into the match, ＫÎＬＬÎＫ's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Jimenez came free, but Robert Behrens reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Julio Villacorta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Madrid de Guatemala's supporters rose to their feet, but Julio Villacorta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Robert Behrens breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Jimenez got free with Robert Behrens in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 41st match minute, ＫÎＬＬÎＫ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernhardt Kiesenebner to maneuver through the defense. 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ivan Ramos to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, ＫÎＬＬÎＫ's Oliver Mierzwa dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. Robert Behrens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ivan Ramos, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Real Madrid de Guatemala's Shawn Cruz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Real Madrid de Guatemala from getting a goal against them. In the 66th minute Primitivo Ruiz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Behrens saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emiliano Sosa hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Real Madrid de Guatemala's Emiliano Sosa got a free kick in the 70th minute. Shawn Cruz was out of position in the 71 minute of play, and Oliver Mierzwa capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Oliver Mierzwa really showed his touch with that goal: 2-2. In the 81st minute, Rouven Assmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th minute, Dustin Stratmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Shawn Cruz made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Rouven Assmann sent off a good shot on target. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.