U21 World League

Zujūnai Stadium
Spectators: 7448 (Terracing: 5587, Seating: 1713, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Deimantas Valys started the match with the kick off. Aldas Saulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casimiro Bihar in the 3rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eloy Gudesteo in the 9th minute of play forced Geležinis Vilkas's goalkeeper Aldas Saulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aldas Saulis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Casimiro Bihar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paulius Dabulskis made in the 16th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Girkantas Laucius immediately put the ball in play. Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Casimiro Bihar in the 18th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Juozas Zelmikas got free with Humberto Sotero in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Paulius Dabulskis made in the 22nd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Girkantas Laucius. Aldas Saulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Casimiro Bihar in the 25th minute of the match. SuperChango's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eloy Gudesteo in the 26th minute. SuperChango's Eloy Gudesteo was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Aldas Saulis in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 28 minutes into the game, SuperChango's Casimiro Bihar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aldas Saulis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Fabricio Unax sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aldas Saulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Casimiro Bihar in the 38th minute of play. Casimiro Bihar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ubaldo Maju during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. When the match had been going on for 46 minutes, Geležinis Vilkas's Redas Merkelis got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Humberto Sotero. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Casimiro Bihar got free with Aldas Saulis in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Casimiro Bihar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Casimiro Bihar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ubaldo Maju hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juozas Zelmikas in the 61st minute of play forced SuperChango's goalkeeper Humberto Sotero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Geležinis Vilkas's Aldas Saulis got control of the ball when Casimiro Bihar tried to sneak it across the goal line. SuperChango's Humberto Sotero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Deimantas Valys in the 77th minute of play. After a rather tough play, SuperChango's Vinicio Taurino got a free kick in the 79th minute. Casimiro Bihar kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Casimiro Bihar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 87 played minutes SuperChango got a freekick which was hit by Fausto Leheren. 92 minutes into the match, SuperChango's Casimiro Bihar sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aldas Saulis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The SuperChango supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing SuperChango would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.