U18 League

The New Oval
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Johnny Wadham kicked off to start the match. Tris Stockley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Toby Dunn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Richie Goacher received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Ramūnas Morkūnas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aleksotas FK's Ramūnas Morkūnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johnny Wadham in the 9th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Reg Renner got free with Ramūnas Morkūnas in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ramūnas Morkūnas was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Johnny Wadham showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 12 minute of play. Tris Stockley took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ramūnas Morkūnas. Ramūnas Morkūnas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. In the 28th minute, Corinthians FC's Johnny Wadham dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0. After a defensive mix-up in Corinthians FC's zone, Tomas Dekanis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. David Bettney came out of the goal and Tomas Dekanis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 34 played minutes Aleksotas FK got a freekick which was hit by Valentas Čebatorius. 37 minutes into the game, Corinthians FC's Tris Stockley nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ramūnas Morkūnas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. Ramūnas Morkūnas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johnny Wadham in the 43rd minute of play. In the 44th minute Richie Goacher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ramūnas Morkūnas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-0.

The wind increased when Tomas Dekanis made the kick off in the second half. Ramūnas Morkūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johnny Wadham in the 53rd minute of the match. 54 minutes into the game, Tris Stockley cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Ramūnas Morkūnas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Corinthians FC's Trevor Burkinshaw got a free kick in the 59th minute. Ramūnas Morkūnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tris Stockley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aleksotas FK's Ramūnas Morkūnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johnny Wadham in the 65th minute of play. After 67 played minutes, Corinthians FC's Trevor Burkinshaw shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ramūnas Morkūnas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Corinthians FC reached it. Ramūnas Morkūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tris Stockley in the 68th minute of the match. After 81 played minutes Corinthians FC got a freekick which was hit by Reg Renner. 87 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Aleksotas FK's Tomas Dekanis fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. There was no doubt that Corinthians FC were the better team. Corinthians FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.