U18 World League

Zujūnai Stadium
Spectators: 7593 (Terracing: 5696, Seating: 1746, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Israel Bernard made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, Geležinis Vilkas's Paulius Dabulskis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bruno Cresenciano narrowly saved just below the crossbar. La Panchera's Bruno Cresenciano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valentas Bizauskas in the 4th minute of play. Tauras Bagūnas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 5th minute of the match, but Bruno Cresenciano made a huge save. The supporters of Geležinis Vilkas booed when La Panchera was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentin Mikeldi didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Paulius Dabulskis took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Bruno Cresenciano to make any attempt to save it. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Naglis Sireikis put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Bruno Cresenciano. After 19 played minutes La Panchera got a freekick which was hit by Danilo Demesio. 21 minutes into the match, Geležinis Vilkas's goal looked a bit too open when Israel Bernard came free, but Aldas Saulis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bruno Cresenciano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulius Dabulskis in the 28th minute of the match. When Aurelio Gutierrez fell near the penalty area in the 34th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Panchera's protests and gave Aurelio Gutierrez a yellow card for diving instead. Aurelio Gutierrez hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. After 35 played minutes, Geležinis Vilkas's Naglis Sireikis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Bruno Cresenciano 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 Geležinis Vilkas reached it. In the 44th minute Valentin Mikeldi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aldas Saulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bruno Cresenciano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulius Dabulskis in the 46th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Paulius Dabulskis to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Tauras Bagūnas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Cresenciano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aldas Saulis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Joel Botello showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 56 minute of play. After having played for 59 minutes, Israel Bernard managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Panchera's supporters crossed their fingers, but Israel Bernard was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bruno Cresenciano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paulius Dabulskis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd minute Tauras Bagūnas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Cresenciano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Israel Bernard could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Aldas Saulis made a huge save. Bruno Cresenciano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tauras Bagūnas in the 71st minute of play. Aldas Saulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Mikeldi in the 82nd minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Naglis Sireikis notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of La Panchera's Bruno Cresenciano. Bruno Cresenciano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Bruno Cresenciano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulius Dabulskis in the 88th minute of play. Bruno Cresenciano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tauras Bagūnas in the 93rd minute of play. Bruno Cresenciano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naglis Sireikis in the 94th minute of play. Bruno Cresenciano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tauras Bagūnas in the 96th minute of the match. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Geležinis Vilkas fully deserved thier win.