U18 World League

Martin Palermo
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomáš Jirsa kicked off to start the match. If Tomáš Jirsa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill's Tomáš Jirsa in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Santa Maradona's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Tomáš Jirsa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gogo Pes was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Urbano Gelacio during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Santa Maradona getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Urbano Gelacio hit a great ball. In the 12th minute of the match Emanuel Burger shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gogo Pes showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Tomáš Jirsa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gogo Pes having to interfere. Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill's Tomáš Jirsa got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Santa Maradona getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Melquiades Manex hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Santa Maradona's Victor Jaunti got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute Tomáš Jirsa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gogo Pes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomáš Jirsa in the 39th minute of play forced Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Gogo Pes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vladimír Šalda kicked well hit freekick during the 48th minute of the match.

In the 53rd minute, Victor Jaunti 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. Lucio Macias kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. If Emanuel Burger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 64th minute Tomáš Jirsa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gogo Pes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emanuel Burger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gogo Pes having to interfere. Gogo Pes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomáš Jirsa in the 68th minute. In the 69th minute, Lucio Macias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tomáš Pavlištík was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 72 minutes into the match, Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill's Tomáš Jirsa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gogo Pes narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 74th minute, Petr Krůta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Patrik Lorenc might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gogo Pes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Patrik Lorenc ran back to his position shaking his head. 85 minutes into the match, Santa Maradona's goalkeeper Gogo Pes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomáš Jirsa. When Lucio Macias came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Santa Maradona fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lucio Macias couldn't finish the play. Tomáš Pavlištík showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Melquiades Manex, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. When Patrik Lorenc fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill's protests and gave Patrik Lorenc a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Patrik Lorenc hit a great ball. Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill's Tomáš Pavlištík played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucio Macias in the 97th minute of play. For all the effort they put into the match, the Závodní Pivovary Sil.Hill players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Santa Maradona.