U21 World League

Darzhas Stadium
Spectators: 7687 (Terracing: 5766, Seating: 1768, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Romeo Rienda started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Harsh Gods getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Justinas Andrikonis hit a great ball. Harsh Gods's Alius Amontas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Romeo Rienda in the 3rd minute of play. After 5 minutes, Ekialde Castro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U.D. Mancini and the Harsh Gods players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 5 played minutes U.D. Mancini got a freekick which was hit by Ekialde Castro. 7 minutes into the match, U.D. Mancini's goal looked a bit too open when Domas Ručinskas came free, but Porfiro Zapater reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 9 minutes in the game Justinas Andrikonis did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Nebe Girts. A collision led to U.D. Mancini getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Xerardo Pujol hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Domas Ručinskas during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of U.D. Mancini booed when Harsh Gods was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Domas Ručinskas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Porfiro Zapater made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jonas-Marius Petras in the 14th minute. Alius Amontas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Romeo Rienda's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. After some careless play in the U.D. Mancini defense, Jonas-Marius Petras kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Porfiro Zapater. The U.D. Mancini fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Porfiro Zapater should have stopped the shot. 28 minutes into the match, Nebe Girts dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Porfiro Zapater, 2-0. After 32 played minutes U.D. Mancini got a freekick which was hit by Xerardo Pujol. The supporters of Harsh Gods booed when U.D. Mancini was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Garaile Campello didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 39th minute Nebe Girts shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Porfiro Zapater saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Romeo Rienda spun around in front of the goal 41 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Harsh Gods's goal. Xerardo Pujol hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, Nebe Girts left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Harsh Gods fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. 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 4-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Domas Ručinskas to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, U.D. Mancini's Xerardo Pujol got a free kick in the 51st minute. Porfiro Zapater showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Domas Ručinskas in the 55th minute of the match. Alius Amontas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Romeo Rienda's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Ekialde Castro kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. In the 61st minute Domas Ručinskas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Porfiro Zapater saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Romeo Rienda in the 68th minute of play forced Harsh Gods's goalkeeper Alius Amontas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute Domas Ručinskas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Porfiro Zapater saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Romeo Rienda in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alius Amontas saved Harsh Gods from getting behind. Porfiro Zapater took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonas-Marius Petras, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ekialde Castro kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Jonas-Marius Petras hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Porfiro Zapater made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonas-Marius Petras in the 85th minute of play. Romeo Rienda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Alius Amontas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Romeo Rienda could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Alius Amontas made a huge save.