U18 World League

SiVAS 4 EYLÜL
Spectators: 7722 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Martyn Markham started the match with the kick off. When Martyn Markham came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Valencia C.F. 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 Martyn Markham couldn't finish the play. Robert Behrens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martyn Markham, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Robert Behrens showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leon Ricketts, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. In the 12th minute, Rouven Assmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee felt a red card was in order, 16 minutes into the game, when Daniel Lilley put in a rough tackle. After 21 played minutes Valencia C.F. got a freekick which was hit by Guy Bowen. Yanick Schicklgruber fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wesley Kerr having to interfere. Valencia C.F.'s Wesley Kerr proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Valencia C.F. from getting a goal against them. In the 31st minute, Rouven Assmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ＫÎＬＬÎＫ's Robert Behrens played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leon Ricketts in the 32nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Oliver Mierzwa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wesley Kerr was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. If Bernhardt Kiesenebner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 48th minute, Yanick Schicklgruber ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wesley Kerr was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Valencia C.F. made a substitution. Brandon Armstrong replaced Martyn Markham. Valencia C.F.'s Tosh Mannell was substituted for Kristopher Kellaway. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Oliver Mierzwa made a kick off. Wesley Kerr took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rouven Assmann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oliver Mierzwa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Robert Behrens made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Brandon Armstrong sent off a good shot on target. In the 73rd minute Oliver Mierzwa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wesley Kerr saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 74 minutes into the game, Spike Moyse was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Valencia C.F.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ＫÎＬＬÎＫ the free kick. Valencia C.F. made a substitution. Miles Lancaster replaced Jay Jennings. Spike Moyse kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Valencia C.F.'s Brandon Armstrong slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Robert Behrens. That made the score 2-1 after 81 minutes of play. Tosh Mannell hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. After having played for 93 minutes, Rouven Assmann managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ＫÎＬＬÎＫ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rouven Assmann was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Roland Kiesenebner hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. ＫÎＬＬÎＫ's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.