U21 World League

Vale of Knights
Spectators: 7656 (Terracing: 5744, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Hristo Stoichkov's late challenge caught a Black Knights FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hristo Stoichkov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd match minute, Ripa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hristo Stoichkov to maneuver through the defense. Salvador Pack showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hristo Stoichkov in the 8th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Anselmo Atarrabi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Salvador Pack was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Javier Mayo's late challenge caught a Ripa FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Javier Mayo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 17th minute, Javier Mayo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 20 minutes into the game, Ripa FC's Anselmo Atarrabi nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Salvador Pack made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Salvador Pack showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rogelio Confesor in the 26th minute of the match. Salvador Pack made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hristo Stoichkov in the 34th minute of play. Martin Miro was out of position in the 37 minute of play, and Elias Ferguson capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Elias Ferguson really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Rogelio Confesor blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Salvador Pack having to make a save. In the 44th minute Anselmo Atarrabi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Salvador Pack saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Javier Mayo was the one to do the kick off. After a rather tough play, Black Knights FC's Caleb Stahl got a free kick in the 52nd minute. When Lucas Bernardi fell near the penalty area in the 66th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ripa FC's protests and gave Lucas Bernardi a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Black Knights FC's Dan Riggs got a free kick in the 69th minute. The Ripa FC fans' excitement grew in the 70th match minute when Ripa FC's Hristo Stoichkov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 77 minutes into the game, Hristo Stoichkov recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Salvador Pack. Hristo Stoichkov showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-5. Hristo Stoichkov's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Salvador Pack firmly grabbed it by the left post. 82 minutes into the match, Black Knights FC's goal looked a bit too open when Rogelio Confesor came free, but Salvador Pack reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rogelio Confesor in the 84th minute of play forced Black Knights FC's goalkeeper Salvador Pack to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th minute Anselmo Atarrabi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Salvador Pack saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Black Knights FC's Salvador Pack proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Black Knights FC from getting a goal against them. In the 92nd minute, Rogelio Confesor made a precise shot to the right of Salvador Pack. Black Knights FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-6. After 96 played minutes Ripa FC got a freekick which was hit by Ildefonso Bordat. When the final whistle sounded Ripa FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Black Knights FC.