U21 World League

SUN CITY STADIUM
Spectators: 7577 (Terracing: 5683, Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Julian Adrio took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind Stat Veritas FC's goalkeeper Silvestre Fernandez, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Stat Veritas FC's Simon Lixandro got a free kick in the 9th minute. Silvestre Fernandez made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Aloyzas Jučas sent off a good shot on target. Alfredas Vaitkevičius hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Gytis Vilimavičius showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roque Goizeder, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After 24 minutes of play, Stat Veritas FC's Roque Goizeder made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gytis Vilimavičius was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 28 minutes of play, Stat Veritas FC's Julian Adrio made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gytis Vilimavičius was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the Stat Veritas FC defense, Stasys Povilaitis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Silvestre Fernandez. The Stat Veritas FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Silvestre Fernandez should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet as FC COSA NOSTRA's Stasys Povilaitis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Silvestre Fernandez. That made the score 2-2 after 35 minutes of play. Virginijus Žalpys received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Silvestre Fernandez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Adrio in the 44th minute of play forced FC COSA NOSTRA's goalkeeper Gytis Vilimavičius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute, Alfredas Vaitkevičius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The score stood at 2-2 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. Stasys Povilaitis was the one to do the kick off. 58 minutes into the match, Stat Veritas FC's goal looked a bit too open when Stasys Povilaitis came free, but Silvestre Fernandez reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Silvestre Fernandez didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aloyzas Jučas went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. After 73 played minutes Stat Veritas FC got a freekick which was hit by Saul Gomez. Jonas Mališauskas charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jonas Mališauskas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Stat Veritas FC booed when FC COSA NOSTRA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonas Mališauskas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gytis Vilimavičius made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Julian Adrio sent off a good shot on target. Stasys Povilaitis took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Silvestre Fernandez. Silvestre Fernandez dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-2. 84 minutes into the match, Stasys Povilaitis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Silvestre Fernandez. Stat Veritas FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stasys Povilaitis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-2. Silvestre Fernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stasys Povilaitis in the 89th minute of the match. Justas Kožukauskas hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Aloyzas Jučas scored 7-2 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Silvestre Fernandez, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the Stat Veritas FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for FC COSA NOSTRA.