U18 World League

Gabisiowo
Spectators: 7296 (Terracing: 5646, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aleksander Furgat started the match with the kick off. After 2 played minutes NAGANO F.C got a freekick which was hit by Jairón Carradelo. In the 4th minute, NAGANO F.C's Bagui Orosco seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Bagui Orosco the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of NAGANO F.C protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Bagui Orosco had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 4th match minute, NAGANO F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bagui Orosco to maneuver through the defense. After 11 minutes of play, NAGANO F.C's Jaime Roig made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabian Scigan was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Jairo Villavedon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lukasz Lichorobiec hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. Fabian Scigan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jairón Carradelo in the 30th minute of the match. The supporters of NAGANO F.C booed when Ekipa Gabi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dobromir Arnista didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 36th match minute, Ekipa Gabi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kryspin Pawlik to maneuver through the defense. If Jairo Villavedon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jairo Villavedon in the 43rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fabian Scigan saved Ekipa Gabi from getting behind.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jairo Villavedon made a kick off. Jairo Villavedon did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-2 to the left of a surprised Fabian Scigan 53 minutes into the match. Kazimierz Maruda's late challenge caught a NAGANO F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kazimierz Maruda helped the player get up and apologised. Jairón Carradelo received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fabian Scigan came out and tried to block the shot, but Jairón Carradelo slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 59th minute. Fabian Scigan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jairo Villavedon in the 62nd minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, Lukasz Lichorobiec had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Inocencio Gurbista. NAGANO F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lukasz Lichorobiec was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jairo Villavedon got free with Fabian Scigan in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Aleksander Furgat had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 80 minutes into the game, Jairo Villavedon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Fabian Scigan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 85 minutes, Jairo Villavedon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. NAGANO F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jairo Villavedon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 88 minutes of play, NAGANO F.C's Jairo Villavedon made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabian Scigan was left in no man's land by his defense there! The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. NAGANO F.C walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.