U18 League

Camp Nou
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Danil Vetlugin got the match started through his kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rustam Kulkov during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Olympique Fribourg booed when FC Barcelona Lassa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rustam Kulkov didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Barcelona Lassa's goalkeeper Vsevolod Kotov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Chris Lang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Danil Vetlugin in the 11th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Martin Zinsli in the 13th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vsevolod Kotov saved FC Barcelona Lassa from getting behind. Karsten Eggers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Vsevolod Kotov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Blaise Näf fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vsevolod Kotov having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Vincenzo Veterini during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 28th minute, Vincenzo Veterini hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Barcelona Lassa's goalkeeper Vsevolod Kotov, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to FC Barcelona Lassa getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Timofey Ilyuhin hit a great ball. When Luis Nietlispach fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Olympique Fribourg's protests and gave Luis Nietlispach a yellow card for diving instead. Luis Nietlispach hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Karsten Eggers managed to get in a good position for a shot. Olympique Fribourg's supporters rose to their feet, but Karsten Eggers was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vsevolod Kotov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The score stood at 0-0 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. Martin Zinsli was the one to do the kick off. Chris Lang showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rustam Kulkov in the 53rd minute of the match. Pavel Miheev charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pavel Miheev the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 54th match minute, FC Barcelona Lassa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavel Miheev to maneuver through the defense. Egor Dichenko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chris Lang having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Timofey Ilyuhin put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Chris Lang. When Olympique Fribourg's Martin Zinsli in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Barcelona Lassa's goalie prevented a goal. After having played for 67 minutes, Blaise Näf managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Olympique Fribourg's supporters crossed their fingers, but Blaise Näf was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Svyatoslav Cherkashov's late challenge caught a Olympique Fribourg's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Svyatoslav Cherkashov helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to FC Barcelona Lassa getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Svyatoslav Cherkashov hit a great ball. After 79 minutes of play FC Barcelona Lassa's Timofey Ilyuhin was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. A collision led to FC Barcelona Lassa getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Timofey Ilyuhin hit a great ball. FC Barcelona Lassa's Roman Kohan was substituted for Dmitriy Belskih. Timofey Ilyuhin hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. After having played for 93 minutes, Martin Zinsli managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Olympique Fribourg's supporters crossed their fingers, but Martin Zinsli was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.