U18 World League

La Casona
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Teofil Pavlovski took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute, Vladimir Putin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 8th minute, Eduardo Mascareñas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Liga de Quito fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 11 minutes into the match, GFK Osogovo's goal looked a bit too open when Ponce Bollo came free, but Jakov Urgovski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stamen Bejko scored 2-1 in the 25th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zeledon Bravain, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 28th play minute Urrutia Tacon came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Jakov Urgovski. 3-1. The supporters of GFK Osogovo booed when Liga de Quito was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eduardo Mascareñas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 36th match minute, Liga de Quito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Urrutia Tacon to maneuver through the defense. Zeledon Bravain didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Slave Temelkov went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Jakov Urgovski made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Urrutia Tacon sent off a good shot on target. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-2 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eduardo Mascareñas to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, GFK Osogovo's Natanail Georgijevski got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Zeruko Freije took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 54th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jakov Urgovski. GFK Osogovo's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as GFK Osogovo's Slave Temelkov slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zeledon Bravain. That made the score 4-3 after 56 minutes of play. The crowd rose to their feet as GFK Osogovo's Stamen Bejko slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zeledon Bravain. That made the score 4-4 after 63 minutes of play. Zeledon Bravain showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Teofil Pavlovski in the 66th minute of the match. Ponce Bollo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Jakov Urgovski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jakov Urgovski came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Liga de Quito's Eduardo Mascareñas. But to his dismay, Eduardo Mascareñas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-4. In the 75th minute, Yoelvis Villarias 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. The crowd rose to their feet as Slave Temelkov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zeledon Bravain. That made the score 5-5 in the 78 minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as GFK Osogovo's Stamen Bejko slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zeledon Bravain. That made the score 5-6 after 85 minutes of play. 88 minutes into the game, Ponce Bollo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-6. Jakov Urgovski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in GFK Osogovo's zone, Eduardo Mascareñas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jakov Urgovski came out of the goal and Eduardo Mascareñas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the GFK Osogovo defense, Ponce Bollo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jakov Urgovski. The GFK Osogovo fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jakov Urgovski should have stopped the shot. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Liga de Quito had played much better football throughout.