U18 League

Ólympos
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Quintin Funk made the kick off which started today's match. Wiliam Garcia De Paredes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Dylan Broussard tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 8 minutes into the match, ORION F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Mickey Landreth came free, but Miguel Corral reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the ORION F.C. defense, Javier Mayo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Miguel Corral. The ORION F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Miguel Corral should have stopped the shot. Wiliam Garcia De Paredes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Dylan Broussard tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Quintin Funk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 18th minute, Ramon Feliciano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 27 minutes of play, Black Knights FC's Javier Mayo made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Miguel Corral was left in no man's land by his defense there! 32 minutes into the game, Quintin Funk cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Miguel Corral was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dylan Broussard showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wiliam Garcia De Paredes in the 35th minute of the match. Miguel Henriguez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Dylan Broussard tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 39 played minutes Black Knights FC got a freekick which was hit by Riley Logan. 42 minutes into the match, Mickey Landreth had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Miguel Corral. ORION F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mickey Landreth was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. After a rather tough play, ORION F.C.'s Emiliano De Diego got a free kick in the 47th minute. Javier Mayo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Miguel Corral having to make a save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Miguel Henriguez stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Raphael Barry during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 58th minute, Raphael Barry hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 60 minutes into the game, Quintin Funk recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Miguel Corral. Quintin Funk showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-5. Miguel Corral took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Quintin Funk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Raphael Barry was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 71 minutes had been played. The referee gave ORION F.C. a penalty, 73 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Pablo Arauz, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Black Knights FC's Dylan Broussard. 1-5. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mickey Landreth got free with Miguel Corral in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mickey Landreth received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Miguel Corral came out and tried to block the shot, but Mickey Landreth slotted it home off the left post making it 1-6 in the 78th minute. ORION F.C.'s Miguel Corral played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Quintin Funk in the 83rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Mickey Landreth managed to get in a good position for a shot. Black Knights FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Mickey Landreth was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Miguel Corral breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Black Knights FC's Quintin Funk shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 92nd minute of play. The shot was stopped by Miguel Corral but with some difficulty. Black Knights FC'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.