U23 World League

Blackwater Park
Spectators: 7680 (Terracing: 5763, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when André Monclús took the kick off in the first half of the match. Guido Carrillo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Fabien Lafont tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Panopticon 04 getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Tiberiu Tatomir hit a great ball. Fabien Lafont made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from André Monclús in the 11th minute of play. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. George Gustafsson was slow to take the kick. During this time Panopticon 04's players had a chance to rest. If Mark Vallin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mark Vallin received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tautvydas Mickevičius came out and tried to block the shot, but Mark Vallin slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 28th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as George Gustafsson kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Tautvydas Mickevičius. That made the score 2-0 in the 32 minute of play. Tautvydas Mickevičius made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Vallin in the 38th minute of play. Tautvydas Mickevičius didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from George Gustafsson went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. A collision led to ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Arnoldo Cordero hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mark Vallin to strike the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the game, Tiberiu Tatomir cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Tautvydas Mickevičius was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 53 minutes of play, Panopticon 04's Mark Vallin made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tautvydas Mickevičius was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tiberiu Tatomir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Tautvydas Mickevičius came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Panopticon 04's Mark Vallin. But to his dismay, Mark Vallin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. The supporters of Panopticon 04 booed when ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Genaro Mercurio didn't get a good kick on the ball. ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's Tautvydas Mickevičius played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiberiu Tatomir in the 67th minute of play. After 68 minutes ESTUDIANTES de la PLATA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was George Gustafsson who took care of the corner kick. Tautvydas Mickevičius showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mark Vallin in the 70th minute of the match. Tautvydas Mickevičius took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mark Vallin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fabien Lafont made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when André Monclús sent off a good shot on target. In the 94th match minute, Panopticon 04 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiberiu Tatomir to maneuver through the defense. When the referee ended the match the Panopticon 04 players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.