U18 League

Mikheil Meskhi
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Pura Vida Academy's Takha Goloviznin 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. Václav Kročil struck a weak shot in the 5th minute. Vladimir Pozharskiy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Rohozec. After 7 minutes, Roland Bitsadze mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pura Vida Academy and the Rohozec players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 7 played minutes Pura Vida Academy got a freekick which was hit by Roland Bitsadze. With 10 minutes on the clock, Samir Dašek commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee gave Pura Vida Academy a penalty, 11 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Lukhum Andrzheevskiy, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Rohozec's Jaroslav Buršík. 1-0. Jaroslav Buršík came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Pura Vida Academy's Goderdzi Robakidze. But to his dismay, Goderdzi Robakidze quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Jaroslav Buršík showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Takha Goloviznin, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. When Roland Bitsadze came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the Pura Vida Academy fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Roland Bitsadze couldn't finish the play. After 22 minutes of play Pura Vida Academy's Roland Bitsadze 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. Goderdzi Robakidze could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 29th minute of the match, but Jaroslav Buršík made a huge save. Václav Hospodka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Pozharskiy having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Rohozec's Václav Hospodka got a free kick in the 35th minute. Rohozec's Jaroslav Buršík proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Rohozec from getting a goal against them. Jaroslav Buršík made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Takha Goloviznin sent off a good shot on target. After 45 played minutes Pura Vida Academy got a freekick which was hit by Lukhum Andrzheevskiy. After a rather tough play, Rohozec's Matouš Maček got a free kick in the 46th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Matouš Maček to make the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, Rohozec was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Václav Kročil to maneuver through the defense. In the 54th minute, Lukhum Andrzheevskiy 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. Goderdzi Robakidze got his second yellow card in the match during the 66th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A collision led to Pura Vida Academy getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Goderdzi Robakidze hit a great ball. In the 70th minute, Takha Goloviznin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Matouš Maček during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Takha Goloviznin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Jaroslav Buršík tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khristesia Pawletko in the 76th minute of play forced Rohozec's goalkeeper Jaroslav Buršík to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Pura Vida Academy fans cheered their team off the field, for while Rohozec had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.