U18 World League

Qikiqtarjuaq Park
Spectators: 7507 (Terracing: 5631, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Bernard Paščinski made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, AISNEREN PATRIOTS ®'s Verjano Mihalič got a free kick in the 5th minute. Earl Croteau kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Antoine Maddox took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bernard Paščinski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 15th minute, one of AISNEREN PATRIOTS ®:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for AISNEREN PATRIOTS ®. Bernard Paščinski charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bernard Paščinski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 23rd minute, Bernard Paščinski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 26th minute, Earl Croteau 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. Rudolf Romih hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. After 32 minutes, Alton Tate mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Qikiqtarjuaq FC and the AISNEREN PATRIOTS ® players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alton Tate kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Toni Ivanović charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Toni Ivanović the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, AISNEREN PATRIOTS ®'s Toni Ivanović got a free kick in the 41st minute. Earl Croteau took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Grozdan Cof. Grozdan Cof dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. 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.

The wind increased when Raymundo Dooley made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Earl Croteau in the 52nd minute of play forced AISNEREN PATRIOTS ®'s goalkeeper Grozdan Cof to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 55th minute Raymundo Dooley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grozdan Cof saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ahmed Maheu hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. 74 minutes into the match, Verjano Mihalič had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Antoine Maddox. Qikiqtarjuaq FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Verjano Mihalič was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. The supporters of AISNEREN PATRIOTS ® booed when Qikiqtarjuaq FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jose Grandbois didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 82nd minute, Dejvid Jazbec hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Earl Croteau came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Qikiqtarjuaq FC 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 Earl Croteau couldn't finish the play. Grozdan Cof showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raymundo Dooley, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute.