U18 World League

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Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Horacio Harriet made the kick off which started today's match. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Rumen Tomchev managed to get in a good position for a shot. АФК Фонтаните's supporters rose to their feet, but Rumen Tomchev was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eliseo Abeita breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 12 minutes into the match, АФК Фонтаните's Rumen Tomchev sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Eliseo Abeita narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in АФК Фонтаните's zone, Horacio Harriet stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Svetozar Gyurkovski came out of the goal and Horacio Harriet tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Horacio Harriet in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Svetozar Gyurkovski saved АФК Фонтаните from getting behind. In the 22nd minute of the match Motu got a corner. АФК Фонтаните's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Teofilo Artaldo ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Motu's corner Teofilo Artaldo fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Svetozar Gyurkovski quite easily take care of the ball. Svetozar Gyurkovski came out of the goal in the 24th minute to try and stop a shot by Motu's Roque Etxekopar. But to his dismay, Roque Etxekopar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 27 minutes into the match, АФК Фонтаните's goal looked a bit too open when Roque Etxekopar came free, but Svetozar Gyurkovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 34th minute, Horacio Harriet left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Motu fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. If Godofredo Gurutz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The АФК Фонтаните players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Motu were winning 0-3.

The wind increased when Milko Handzhiev made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roque Etxekopar in the 51st minute of play forced АФК Фонтаните's goalkeeper Svetozar Gyurkovski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eliseo Abeita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rumen Tomchev in the 58th minute of the match. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind АФК Фонтаните's goalkeeper Svetozar Gyurkovski, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 62nd minute Rumen Tomchev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliseo Abeita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd match minute, Motu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leonardo Deunoro to maneuver through the defense. Eliseo Abeita showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Milko Handzhiev in the 64th minute of the match. Eliseo Abeita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Milko Handzhiev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eliseo Abeita took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rumen Tomchev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute of the match АФК Фонтаните got a corner. Motu's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Iliyan Karadzhov ran over to the corner to take the kick. Svetozar Gyurkovski came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Motu's Roque Etxekopar. But to his dismay, Roque Etxekopar quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Ganyo Monev hit a great freekick 81 minutes into the match. In the 84th minute, Horacio Harriet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 85 played minutes, АФК Фонтаните's Ganyo Monev shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Eliseo Abeita came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in АФК Фонтаните reached it. Rumen Tomchev scored 1-5 in the 91st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eliseo Abeita, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Motu getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Atilano Goizeder hit a great ball. The Motu supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Motu would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.