U21 World League

Harkujärve Arena
Spectators: 7518 (Terracing: 5639, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) Harkujärve JK's Kusti Annama started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute, Marco Evangelista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Roberto Balendin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vampiros Aztecas's supporters rose to their feet, but Roberto Balendin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jaagup Luiga breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jaagup Luiga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Balendin in the 12th minute of the match. 14 minutes into the game, Vampiros Aztecas's Roberto Balendin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jaagup Luiga made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After some careless play in the Harkujärve JK defense, Roberto Balendin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jaagup Luiga. The Harkujärve JK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jaagup Luiga should have stopped the shot. In the 20th match minute, Harkujärve JK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maarek Kalmus to maneuver through the defense. Joel Mõniste hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. If Teo Lon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Vampiros Aztecas booed when Harkujärve JK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Juss Kuusemetsa didn't get a good kick on the ball. Urbano Berto made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Janno Arumäe sent off a good shot on target. Jaagup Luiga took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anselmo Danel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Roberto Balendin took the ball and in the 37 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jaagup Luiga. Jaagup Luiga dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. 43 minutes into the match, Vampiros Aztecas's Roberto Balendin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jaagup Luiga narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Alonso Javier scored 0-4 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jaagup Luiga, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roberto Balendin to make the kick off. Jaagup Luiga made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Roberto Balendin sent off a good shot on target. Lembit Uustal kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. In the 54th minute, Roberto Balendin reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jaagup Luiga. The goal made the score 0-5. In the 59th minute, Roberto Balendin 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. Harkujärve JK's Maarek Kalmus got his second yellow card of the match in the 62nd minute. The referee ordered Maarek Kalmus off the ground. Jaagup Luiga showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roberto Balendin in the 64th minute of the match. Roberto Balendin's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 66thth minute, Jaagup Luiga skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 68th minute, Alonso Javier ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jaagup Luiga was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. The Vampiros Aztecas fans' excitement grew in the 84th match minute when Vampiros Aztecas's Roberto Balendin 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 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 88th minute, Roberto Balendin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vampiros Aztecas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. Roberto Balendin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jaagup Luiga having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Juss Kuusemetsa during the 94th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 95th minute of the match Teo Lon shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jaagup Luiga showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Vampiros Aztecas's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.