U18 World League

SimuV3 Arena Stadium
Spectators: 7466 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mantvydas Žalnerauskas got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute, Enzo Bernabel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Audrius Dūdėnas was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 12 minutes into the match, Mantvydas Žalnerauskas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rigoberto Castel. SimuV3's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mantvydas Žalnerauskas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Gintautas Jameikis scored 1-2 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rigoberto Castel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Svajūnas Rupšys hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Rigoberto Castel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mantvydas Žalnerauskas in the 22nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in SimuV3's zone, Adolfas Karanauskas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rigoberto Castel came out of the goal and Adolfas Karanauskas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 29th minute, Mantvydas Žalnerauskas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Pegasas Siauliai fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. Rigoberto Castel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marijus Guzas, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Silvio Elorri charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Silvio Elorri the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of FC Pegasas Siauliai booed when SimuV3 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Silvio Elorri didn't get a good kick on the ball. SimuV3's Rigoberto Castel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mantvydas Žalnerauskas in the 42nd minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Enzo Bernabel to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in SimuV3's zone, Marijus Guzas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rigoberto Castel came out of the goal and Marijus Guzas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 61st minute, SimuV3's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Gintautas Jameikis fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Conrado Inautzi in the 71st minute of play forced FC Pegasas Siauliai's goalkeeper Audrius Dūdėnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Audrius Dūdėnas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabian Camerino in the 74th minute of play. If Enzo Bernabel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 79 minutes of play, SimuV3's Enzo Bernabel made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Audrius Dūdėnas was left in no man's land by his defense there! 82 minutes into the match, FC Pegasas Siauliai's goal looked a bit too open when Conrado Inautzi came free, but Audrius Dūdėnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fabian Camerino during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 86 minutes in the game, Mantvydas Žalnerauskas fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Rigoberto Castel having to interfere. 91 minutes into the match, SimuV3's goalkeeper Rigoberto Castel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gintautas Jameikis. Mantvydas Žalnerauskas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Rigoberto Castel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Pegasas Siauliai's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.